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aboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dugidugi tugi lau
duu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklodo baba
calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmaanadu bodobodo
adjective limited in intelligence
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
magi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
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milomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
mudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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