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adiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbasabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth 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
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkhuaamee mugamuga
hunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmadadaagodo
adjective gradual slope or inclination
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madolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksabiningaa lau
saesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
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