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baledilo
verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbasabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkboaa
verb be caught in a storm
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkdaabeduge
verb work seriously
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdabeo
verb unclean,unkempt
bookmarkdagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdahea iho
adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdamaa hine
noun girl,young woman,daughter
bookmarkdaogave
noun a type of coconut tree
bookmarkdauaabulu
verb nearly sunk
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdenei loo
this is it at last
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)
bookmarkdonu
adjective understand; truth, right, correct
bookmarkgabi
verb hold something between two (or more)other things; grab (between other things, e.g., fingers)
bookmarkgabola
flatten out something mushy
bookmarkgage de henua
invade
bookmarkgai de baibu
smoke cigarettes
bookmarkgauvae
noun jaw; a set of false teeth
bookmarkgave bae
noun a row of stones piled on top of each other
bookmarkgave hua loa
guboa
verb being used in connection with group activity
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagadinoangahulu
verb make a total of ten people
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagahaunu
verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamua
verb be first; get closer to
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasahu
verb to catch water (in something)
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhale i lodo
noun ribcage, thoraciccavity
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhatuli
verb thunder
bookmarkhebolo
adjective a sign made with the eyes
bookmarkhhagi
verb make a sharp turn; hagi at one time
bookmarkhhanga
split open, open up, or separate, all at once.
bookmarkhilo hagamaadau
verb
to braid sennit with the right hand;
hou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhulu
noun
hair (on the body)
igauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkise
noun fishsp.: halfbeak
bookmarkkala
adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarklangi haanau
noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarkmadannia i lodo
noun middlefinger
bookmarkmae
adjective
withered;
mahi loa
adjective tireless
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
me abo donu
real, true
bookmarkme duu
clitoris
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmeemouli
noun living thing
bookmarkmmudi
adjective sprinkling (of rain)
bookmarkmodomodo
moemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkngaue
adjective move (oneself), moved
bookmarkngudula
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarknodi
verb to tie a knot in the hair
bookmarkpanga
adjective
saba
verb capable (of a person)
bookmarksai
verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)
bookmarksaibo saele
adjective rush around aimlessly (of a group of people)
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksongagi
a bad sort of person
bookmarksua hadu umu
stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven
bookmarktangada hagaai
poor fellow!
bookmarktangaho
noun liver
bookmarkubu
kneecap; the shell of a coconut
bookmarkuhado
large white worm species
bookmarkula de gili
inflammation; red in the face; sunburned
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
bookmarkvaiduu
lazy
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