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alaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkaugaunga
noun the appearance of an infected area
bookmarkbabaiangi
verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbasa degidegi
adjective speak disconnectedly with rage
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdaudai
adjective skillful fisherman
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgagai
verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkhaahaa
verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hiihidi
verb
holiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
ivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklodo me muimui
in the bush (uncleared area)
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
massogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
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
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
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