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abaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkaboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkaugau
verb pus
bookmarkbaabaa ama
verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbulobulou
verb to net flying fish
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagalili
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhooholo
verb
huaamee mugamuga
huuhuna
adjective
hide
leuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmadumadua
magakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
mahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmommomo
adjective a little at a time
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
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