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amoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbasabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdagaligiligi
adjective broken into small pieces
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
duu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkheboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadadaagodo
adjective gradual slope or inclination
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmalili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmanu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
me balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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