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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbanuunu
bebee
adjective be flatulent
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bonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdangidangi ange
askpermission of, apologize to
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
ivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
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lodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
maohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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