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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbanuunu
beabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
dilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdoi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
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hagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
heboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
kano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklahilahi
adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmoigaga
noun fibers of the coconut husk
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
salulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarksoesoe
adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
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