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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkaboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkbaabaa ama
verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbasabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdangadanga
adjective
loose (not tight)
dangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdee haihai donu
that’s for sure
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdiidiingia
verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgeevee
noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagalili
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarklaalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
namanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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