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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkanaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbadabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgeevee
noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun fishsp.: flatfish
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarkiviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau
lavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
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lodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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