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anaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkheboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkhuaamee mugamuga
huuhuli
verb
huuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
madabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
malibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho dodo
adjective coagulation of blood
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
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