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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkaboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdanudanu
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
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklaulau
lobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lolo
noun oil
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksisi gaadinga
to cut copra
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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