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alaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkalukaba
verb leave quickly (usually under duress)
bookmarkaneane
noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex
bookmarkbaageaa iho
adjective weakening (becoming weaker)
bookmarkbaledilo
verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear
bookmarkbasa degidegi
adjective speak disconnectedly with rage
bookmarkbasa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkdaabasi
verb angling for tuna
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdabanimeeli
adjective payment for medical treatment
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdangalebu de me
bad weather
bookmarkdaonga
noun feast
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkduanui
noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgammenge-hai-gili-dabeo
noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma
bookmarkgau dahi
adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)
bookmarkgau hadu
the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
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
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhadi haho
adjective steep (inclination)
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagadau kino
adjective hate each other
bookmarkhagaduu gaiaa
adjective suspicious by nature
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhakide gauligi
adjective spoil children
bookmarkhakoobai
verb put a hat on (someone)
bookmarkhale de henua
haula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhegide
adjective see each other; meet up with
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
hudaa moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarkili luu bongaa usu
laangai huli de moana
a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping (showing their white bellies) and biting
bookmarkladi
verb initiate, begin, start
bookmarklangi maakau
noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarkmaalo age
have become maalo
bookmarkmaavae
adjective separated (two things),divorced
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmagulu
adjective defeated
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmalau
adjective free from (esp. hardship or illnessafter having had it)
bookmarkmanu vaaligi
noun insect (small)
bookmarkmasaia
verb trapped by low water (e.g., canoes, or fish on the reef at low tide)
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkme hagasahu vai
gutter (under the eaves of a house)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmogo
noun coconutapple (young and edible)
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkodo
verb to roof (a house), to thatch (a house)
bookmarkoha
break, break up, destroy; damage, ruin
bookmarkpili
adjective boring
bookmarksabalia
verb be in a situation in which saba1
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksali
verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)
bookmarksali de usu
runny nose
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksavini
adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)
bookmarksenga manu
adjective stupid (like an animal)
bookmarksigi manu
adjective to transplant a plant
bookmarksomo
noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15
bookmarktea age laangi
noun dawn
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
bookmarkuso
umbilical cord
bookmarkvaaligi
adjective small (for plural noun)
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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