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aada
adjective easily startled, skittish, wild (of animals)
bookmarkadugau daane
noun part of the plug of the pandanus
bookmarkaigimea
noun plant sp.: wedelia creeper (wedelia biflora (l.) dc.)
bookmarkalodahi hugadoo
everything, everybody; each and every
bookmarkaloha iho
noun self-love
bookmarkalohi
noun anything forming a semi-circle
bookmarkanaboo nei
tonight (past)
bookmarkbaasi lua
having two useful sides
bookmarkbie
noun plant sp.: Polynesian arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides (l.) o.k.)
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkboo hagadanu malama
the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain
bookmarkbunibuni
adjective be more-or-less together
bookmarkdaane dagidahi
noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdagahia de agau
reef which has been trampled previously by lobster hunters (and therefore is poor for lobstering)
bookmarkdangau-paava
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdanuaa age
improved,better
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdele de mahaa
starting to crack
bookmarkdili aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell
bookmarkdulagi ange
look like
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgana
noun bad person
bookmarkgapese
a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgo
hano
bookmarkgoloa hesuihagi
noun goods which are bartered
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkhagaahi
verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
bookmarkhagadaemahadia
verb put too much weight on
bookmarkhagadibalia
verb cause to tip to one side
bookmarkhagahana
verb reheat or recook food (to preserve it for a longer time)
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagalloba ange
verb to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe).
bookmarkhagamaaiongi
adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagategi kano
adjective tickled (not sexually)
bookmarkhagi ade
adjective insult (someone)
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhale hai niho
dentist’s office
bookmarkhale magi
noun hospital,dispensary
bookmarkhuaamee mugamuga
idi
verb to husk (a coconut) with one’s teeth
bookmarkkano mouli
noun fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarkkumi
verb calculate (do arithmetic),figure out
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarkloba
noun a type of mat
bookmarkma gu
and then
bookmarkma hee
where else
bookmarkmaaui
verb givebirth to, born
bookmarkmadaaolo
noun capital of
bookmarkmadalua maa siva
number twenty nine
bookmarkmadohi
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point
bookmarkmahanga
adjective be split open
bookmarkmahi loa
adjective tireless
bookmarkmahuda
adjective be awake for a short time; have one’s eyes open
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
manu-kono
noun
pigeon
maoha saele
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkme hagaahulu
prepared food
bookmarkme naa gi...
I wish that...
bookmarknigo
verb go around in a circle; wind around
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarkoha
verb break, break up, destroy;damage, ruin
bookmarkoho mai
come early
bookmarksali tae
adjective intractable watery diarrhea
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkubu
noun cup
bookmarkvalea
moldy; to have been in place for a long time
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