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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkaugau
verb pus
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbanuunu
beabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkbunibuni
adjective be more-or-less together
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkde ulu hagabolebole
topmost part of any standing object
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalavalava
the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
kano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklaalaa
verb having many branches
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklabulabu sala
adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklaulau
laulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalele
adjective completed
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
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moomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
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