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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkbala langi
noun rain
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbasa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbigibigia
verb covered with something sticky
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkde ahiahi danua
good evening
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
elaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgabigabidia
verb repeatedly held
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalavalava
the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgau looloa gaadinga
noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhala dudu
a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhongagelegele
huubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
laudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau
lele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
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madaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
tamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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