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adu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
buaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
goigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
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hagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
verb attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhala dudu
a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
holiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklabulabu sala
adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklodo baba
calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries
bookmarklodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarklodo malangilangi
adjective happy
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
maadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmadumadua
magi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
maholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarktama legalega
infant
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
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