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abasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkaliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
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buaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
dee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdee haihai donu
that’s for sure
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgai holoholo
verb eat fast
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
gili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
verb critical of others
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhohhoo
adjective a sound made when surprised
bookmarkihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
uaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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