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abaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkaloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdangidangi ange
askpermission of, apologize to
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagabigobigo
verb wiggle
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhohhoo
adjective a sound made when surprised
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmainu daodao
manu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkmodomodo
moe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
moomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngadi seesee
walk barefoot, stroll
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
onoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
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