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adu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
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basa degidegi
adjective speak disconnectedly with rage
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
daumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklollolo
oily
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmadumadua
magamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
magi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmugamuga
verb
the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed
munamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
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