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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkabasasa
noun European
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
augaua
verb infected
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbagibagi
noun
belabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkdaaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduudanga aheahe
noun refrain (of song)
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklahilahi
adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmadaladala de leo
a clear and high-pitched singing voice
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
mahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
mogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
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