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agoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
dabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
dagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdagaligiligi
adjective broken into small pieces
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
devedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
hunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmagakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
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moomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkmuli lele
noun the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
singa sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
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