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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
augaunga
noun the appearance of an infected area
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbulobulou
verb to net flying fish
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdaumaha hagatoo donu
noun church service of dedication (in whichthe members renew their vows)
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmadumadua
magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
meamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmommomo
adjective a little at a time
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
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarktama legalega
infant
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
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