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alasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbanuunu
basa baubau
verb speak badly of someone
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
dige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
dolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
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dugidugi tugi lau
dunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadamadama
verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
verb attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
heboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarklaalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklaulau
lodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarknengenenge
ngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngadi seesee
walk barefoot, stroll
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
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