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balagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
boo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkdaa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
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hagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhongagelegele
hongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
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