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alaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkaneane
noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bolili
noun a type of prepared food
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bubu
adjective move about
bookmarkdaahaa
daaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhuahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
ihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkiviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmalala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkngadi seesee
walk barefoot, stroll
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
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