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adaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkaugaunga
noun the appearance of an infected area
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbabaiangi
verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)
bookmarkbagibagi
noun
bagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkbugubugu
adjective
swollen
bulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
dengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgogoo
adjective
gugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagalagolago
verb cause to increase in numbers, multiply
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarklaalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalianoono
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
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