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aloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkaugau
verb pus
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
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkdaahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
degidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkduliduli
verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
hoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
huubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmalele
adjective completed
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmugamuga
verb
the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed
ngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkonoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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