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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkabiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkalaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
balaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkdangidangi ange
askpermission of, apologize to
bookmarkdaudai
adjective skillful fisherman
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkhongagelegele
hoohonu
verb
iviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklodo malangilangi
adjective happy
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmada dangada ina
a person of importance (who is liked by the people)
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
malele
adjective completed
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
mudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
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
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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