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alaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbala langi
noun rain
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
banuunu
boi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
bulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdagaligiligi
adjective broken into small pieces
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
diadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
ebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagabigobigo
verb wiggle
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhala dudu
a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklabulabu sala
adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)
bookmarklala
verb to roast
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaamaadolu
adjective becoming more and more maadolu
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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