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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkaasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkabaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkaboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdangidangi ange
askpermission of, apologize to
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dogadogaa
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)
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarke dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
haula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
luuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmadumadua
magimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmalala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
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