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aladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkaugau
verb pus
bookmarkbasa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkbebela
noun prowler
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkde ulu hagabolebole
topmost part of any standing object
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgagai
verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)
bookmarkgai moumou
wasteful of food
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
lele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmalala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
manu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkmuli lele
noun the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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