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agoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
beabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkdaaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkdudu de niho
a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkeleele
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
lilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmaamaagila
adjective becoming slightly parted
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmainu daodao
malalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
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