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angaanga
noun body
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbodubodu
verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduudanga aheahe
noun refrain (of song)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarkgabigabidia
verb repeatedly held
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hiihidi
verb
ilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmainu daodao
malingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
masoasoa
spacious
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
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