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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkalaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkanaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbigibigi
adjective more-or-less close to
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkdaa hagabodobodo
verb make a quick trip
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdaladala
verb say again and again
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabigobigo
verb wiggle
bookmarkhagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
laagii baubau
noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
ngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
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