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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbebela
noun prowler
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdangadanga
adjective
loose (not tight)
daudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarke dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
gobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhooholo
verb
huuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
manu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksisi gaadinga
to cut copra
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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