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adaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkaoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbadabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
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bonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkbugubugu
adjective
swollen
buubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
degidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
hagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkhuahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklodo malangilangi
adjective happy
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
maohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkmuli lele
noun the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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