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abongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkaoa
verb misshapen fruit
bookmarkbauanga
noun worth, value
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbona
noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling
bookmarkbonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkbungaleu
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkbuudunga
noun pile of, group of
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdau ange
depend upon (e.g., for sustenance)
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdaumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkdongi de lae
a spot on the forehead
dugi de lodo
to fish in various places (in the lagoon) in order to catch as many fish (of any kind) as possible
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgaiaadia
verb stolen
bookmarkgalani
adjective
almost finished, nearly finished;
godi
verb to trim
bookmarkhadu-i-de-ssala
noun
coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral
hagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaau
verb to create an ocean current
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadeeai
verb refuse to
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai daahili
verb to compose songs
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhedae
adjective meet up with; be even with each other
bookmarkhiie unu
verb thirsty, be
bookmarkhulo gee
go away
huuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkkano maalama
noun a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarklabulabu sala
adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)
bookmarklagi
noun pertaining to the open sea
bookmarklai
noun forehead
bookmarklangadala
noun (a piece of) thatch made from coconut palm frond
bookmarklaso
the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarkllago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarkllou
verb hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarklodo haa
loha
noun birdsp. (never seen live)
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmaalamangia
verb illuminated (by having light shined upon it)
bookmarkmaanetonu
adjective act cautiously
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmadaa moni
noun prow of a canoe
bookmarkmadaa sele
noun loop of a lasso or noose
bookmarkmagi haahine
menstruation
bookmarkmai
verb arrive
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmanu-a-madaligi
noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)
bookmarkmassaa (ina)
verb despised by others
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarknngao
verb loud (sound)
bookmarkono-malama
time noun june (’sixth month’)
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksaelea
verb walkedupon
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarktagudai
noun coast, shoreline
bookmarktoo gili
wrinkled skin (from age)
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
bookmarkuubiho
head-first presentation of a fetus at birth
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