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aduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
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dabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdaladala
verb say again and again
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
denaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
gelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
giligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhuaamee mugamuga
ivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
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lima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
manu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
moomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
ngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksisi gaadinga
to cut copra
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
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