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agilau
verb pugnacious
bookmarkalaa nei
those now
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkbaa huu i --
just like
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basa gauligi
adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbolo
verb make a will (for oneself or others)
bookmarkdaa hagapodo
verb
dagodo
adjective
situation, circumstance; liedown
dala
adjective
tame
dangage
verb raise one’s head up or back
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdee adahaia
very; very bad
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
dolonoa
noun
dookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkgaaui
verb a line (for retrieving) attached to a spear; assemble (something from parts) byfastening together; strap, harness
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai modo
verb eat when still unripe
bookmarkgavange
adjective
give or bring to (someone)
gave ua loa
a long-distance footrace
bookmarkgi daha
to the outside; in the environs of
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
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
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagabaguu ange
move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadeeai
verb refuse to
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadogo number
verb to join (to make up a group of a certain number)
bookmarkhagahenua
verb give land to
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
bookmarkhagamoolau
verb hurry, rush
bookmarkhagategi kano
adjective tickled (not sexually)
bookmarkhai hegau ai
verb borrow
bookmarkhai madangi
adjective passwind (flatus)
bookmarkhai me daahea
search for driftwood or other beachedobjects
bookmarkhai me dagi
work slowly
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhakii gee
<= kii gee>
bookmarkhala goobai
noun a wooden form used in making hats
bookmarkhenuu
noun placenta
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhidi taelodo
adjective the weight (on a balance) used as a standard measurement
bookmarkholadage
adjective laid out or spreadout all over
bookmarkhuaa me
noun a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkkaba donu
wait!
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarkkoe se aha
who do you think you are
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
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madaali
adjective lacking in oil (of a ripe coconut)
bookmarkmagau de lima
a paralyzed arm
bookmarkmagi haahine
adjective menstruation
bookmarkmahola
adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmamu-honga-dai
noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)
bookmarkmodu gee
cut away from; separated from
bookmarkmoni kalo
noun a canoe with rounded sides (designed to ride easily in rough seas)
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarknooligi
a small knife
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarkse gainga
adjective abundant
bookmarkse me gi hee
in which direction is the current running
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarkssii
a hissing sound used to indicate disapproval
bookmarktaula (o de me holu)
noun bowstring (string of the bow)
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uu duaa nui
broom.
bookmarkvaagia
found or caught doing something wrong
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