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abaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkabiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkadiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkaugaunga
noun the appearance of an infected area
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbugubugu
adjective
swollen
daa hagabodobodo
verb make a quick trip
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdiidiingia
verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkginogino
adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklaagii baubau
noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
maluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksisi gaadinga
to cut copra
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
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