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adaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
booboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdaahaa
daaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdemee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
dogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdoi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
huluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklaulau
laulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
longolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
maimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
manu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngaungau-ulu
noun
ngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
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