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alili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagagaagaa
verb behave like a baby
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhooholo
verb
hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
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limamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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