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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
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elaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgalavalava
noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagalili
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhohhoo
adjective a sound made when surprised
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
lebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmada dangada ina
a person of importance (who is liked by the people)
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
mailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmalili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
manu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
manu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmodomodo
mogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
muli lele
noun the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngalubelube
verb tremble or vibrate in the air
bookmarkonoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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