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abasasa
noun European
bookmarkaboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
daadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdaahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
danudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
didianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
giligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhongagelegele
honu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
hunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklaulau
lebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
liholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmodomodo
mogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
soesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarktama legalega
infant
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
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