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aboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdangidangi keli
adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun fishsp.: flatfish
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhuugaabungubungu
very plump
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
huuhuna
adjective
hide
ihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmugamuga
verb
the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed
ngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
tamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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