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adaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkaloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbagibagi
noun
bebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
devedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamomo
verb reduce in quantity
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkheboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkhuahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
maahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
mada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmadumadua
magi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmalingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
molimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmugamuga
verb
the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed
mulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
saelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
suisui
become wet
bookmarktama legalega
infant
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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