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aduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
beabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
degidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkeleele
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
haahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagagaagaa
verb behave like a baby
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarklodo me muimui
in the bush (uncleared area)
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalianoono
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmanavanava gimoo
adjective panting (as when short of breath)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmoni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
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