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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkaoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
denaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkginogino
adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
ivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
manumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksuisui
become wet
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