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alaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkbebela
noun prowler
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
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booboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgai holoholo
verb eat fast
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
madabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmagakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
modomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmuli lele
noun the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarkngadi seesee
walk barefoot, stroll
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksabiningaa lau
saesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
solasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
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