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adu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkaloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
buusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdaahaa
daahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdemee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaamaadolu
adjective becoming more and more maadolu
bookmarkmaamaagila
adjective becoming slightly parted
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
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bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
onoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
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