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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaahaa mada balabala
the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkde ulu hagabolebole
topmost part of any standing object
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
demee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarkduumaa de gelegele
numeral trillion (a million million)
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgalavalava
the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
gohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarklodo baba
calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries
bookmarklodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmadumadua
magi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmasoasoa
spacious
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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