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abaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkabuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
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booboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbunibuni
adjective be more-or-less together
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhaahaa
verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
hunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklodo me muimui
in the bush (uncleared area)
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktama legalega
infant
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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