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abasasa
noun European
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
anailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbugubugu
adjective
swollen
bulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
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dulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun fishsp.: flatfish
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarklaalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklodo baba
calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
me hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
solasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
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