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aduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbanuunu
bongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
dadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgai holoholo
verb eat fast
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmagi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
maholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
moemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
salasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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