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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkabaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkabasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
bani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
dabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
denei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgai moumou
wasteful of food
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkgobegobe
adjective cough (repeatedly)
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
verb attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklala
verb to roast
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmanu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
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nagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksinsia
soosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
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