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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkalaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkaugaunga
noun the appearance of an infected area
bookmarkbaabaa ama
verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbadabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaahaa
dababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun adze with a small blade for light chipping
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgeevee
noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkginogino
adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalili
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmalili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
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 hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkmuli lele
noun the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarknoho dodo
adjective coagulation of blood
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
tainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
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