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alili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
daadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdada de ava
a strong current in the channel
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
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hagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmoigaga
noun fibers of the coconut husk
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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