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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
basa baubau
verb speak badly of someone
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbooboo 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.)
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbunibuni
adjective be more-or-less together
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangidangi keli
adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkduliduli
verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
lagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaulau
laulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksinsia
tamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
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