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adaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbadabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
gadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgagai
verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hagasogosogoisi
verb
hagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
kave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
maagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
me hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
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
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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