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abulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkatangada
noun generation, age set
bookmarkau ga sano
I give up
bookmarkbagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkboaa ina
adjective be caught in strong wind or heavy rain
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdangada haangoda
noun fisherman
bookmarkdangada ssigo
noun clever person
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdanuaa loo
ok (good)
bookmarkde heduu o taiao
noun morningstar
bookmarkdee baa tae
stay for only a very short time
bookmarkdenga hhuge --
upward current
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdinihu
verb industrious, hardworking
bookmarkdohu
adjective sufficient, enough; able to cover agiven area
bookmarkdoi
noun stain (as for wood)
bookmarkdoi-lesi
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
doo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkee laa
so
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgada-ahai
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkganimago
noun mollusksp.: malea pomum
bookmarkgano siga
noun strands (of cloth)
bookmarkgave ua podo
ginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhadi de uga
the curvature of a fish line when angling (due to underwater currents)
bookmarkhagaahe mai
adjective return to the fold
bookmarkhagabiho
verb cause to become a leader
bookmarkhagadahi
verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases
bookmarkhagadau bale
adjective cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagamaaiongi
adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)
bookmarkhagamabu
verb die (euphemistic); take a break
bookmarkhagamalo
verb provide clothes for
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work
bookmarkhagavaiduu
verb to act as though one were lazy
bookmarkhailu
verb wipe oneself (after defecating)
bookmarkhale duu biho
barbershop
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhine sala daane
noun nymphomaniac
bookmarkiloo me
adjective charlatanism
bookmarkioonga
noun way of giving
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkosi
noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.
bookmarkllou
hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarkloage
adjective
go (up or toward the village, or land)
lolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmadaa hadu
noun grater (metal) attached to a board forgrating taro
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmagau de laa
weakness of the sun’s rays (for drying)
magi haahine
adjective menstruation
bookmarkmahuda age
wakeup
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmanu-gadi-niho
noun
plantsp.
masole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkngalue de hakii
dislocated larynx
bookmarknguulia
verb be nguu
bookmarkoomea
adjective afternoon (late)
bookmarksaba
verb be in a precarious position
bookmarksigale
verb scull (a boat)
bookmarkssae
verb rip, tear, deflower (a virgin)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarktaane sauaa
shark (euphemism)
bookmarktoo gee
clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)
bookmarkvilidogi
catterbox, a person who speaks fast
bookmarkvvede
to massage
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