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adaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkaha goi
what next
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkbasa degidegi
adjective speak disconnectedly with rage
bookmarkbie
noun plant sp.: Polynesian arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides (l.) o.k.)
bookmarkbigi
adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)
bookmarkboibala
adjective watery (of prepared food)
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkdaabeduge adu ange
take a lot of
bookmarkdaba
adjective a flash of light, a blink of an eye
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activites, religious activities
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdenga daanunga
noun graves
bookmarkdiinonga eidu
adjective an idol representing a spirit
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkduu lua
verb to have the strength or capacity of two persons; to take on two persons in a fight
bookmarkege iho
adjective lower (something)
bookmarkgabetili
noun parent-in-law
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgiba
verb swelling of the testicles
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagaava
verb make a channel
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadubu gi se --
verb transfigure into a --
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahhano
verb show someone how to wash his hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagamaanu age
pull oneself up by one’s arms
bookmarkhai kai
adjective show-off, proud
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhano ai
attend (e.g., church services)
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkheboohagi mai
found fighting
bookmarkheiangi
adjective smart, intelligent, clever
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkidi
verb to husk (a coconut) with one’s teeth
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarklao
the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklima llau
five hundred
bookmarklodo mao lunga
characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmada mmea
adjective dark red
bookmarkmadaala
adjective able to remain awake for a long time
bookmarkmadalua maa hidu
number twenty seven
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmalanga
adjective
lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from
maluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmae tinae
adjective convulsed with laughter
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarknamuaa
verb a sore on the lips (believed to result from missing a meal)
bookmarkneveia
verb be neve
bookmarkngaa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkngadi daumaha
adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkobe
noun eye of the taro corm
bookmarkoda
noun grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed
bookmarkono llau
number six hundred
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmarkpelaini
verb to fry
bookmarkpili
adjective be bored
bookmarksavali
hungry
bookmarkseni ange
rest up for (e.g., the next day’s work)
bookmarkseni tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarksii tae
adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksiili
a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarktugi lima
noun elbow
bookmarktuugili
noun goosebumps
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