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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkabuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkaugaunga
noun the appearance of an infected area
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbasa baubau
verb speak badly of someone
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdiidiingia
verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagaagaa
verb behave like a baby
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
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)
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksabiningaa lau
saesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
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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