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aloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
daumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkde ahiahi danua
good evening
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgeevee
noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhala dudu
a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
huubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarklaalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklala
verb to roast
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
lili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmodomodo
modomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
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 i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
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
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
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