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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkaloalo me
noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
basa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdaladala
verb say again and again
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgai moumou
wasteful of food
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaahaa
verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkhugahuga
noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmagi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
mahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
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ohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarksuisui
become wet
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