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aloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbanuunu
bebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
daa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagaagaa
verb behave like a baby
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
heehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
huluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarklodo baba
calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmagamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
manu-hai-hau
moni lele
airplane
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
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