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agiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaa hagabodobodo
verb make a quick trip
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
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duudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkiviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklaulau
laulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
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magi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
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moana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmodomodo
moni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
namanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
tinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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