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abaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
au taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbagibagi
noun
bangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbigibigia
verb covered with something sticky
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkdaahaa
dalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
hadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhuahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
huuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarkiviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaamaadolu
adjective becoming more and more maadolu
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
mammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
muli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
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