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aalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkaduhale
adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house
bookmarkanei dagodo
these are the circumstances...
bookmarkbabu honga agau
noun fish sp., wrasse
bookmarkbahhaa
adjective to make a sound, like that of a turtle gasping for breath; the sound of air exhaled suddenly
bookmarkbangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbapabu
adjective the staccato sound of one hard object being struck against another
bookmarkbasa soe
adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)
bookmarkbini daubeemala
verb a method of making flower headdresses
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbuugunga
noun conformation of a bugu
bookmarkdaaligi
verb do something seriously; be moved about; a jerky movement, caused by the wind (e.g., the flapping of a sail); work seriously
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdalangasau
verb be quick-witted in an emergency
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdeai me ao ai
useless
bookmarkdeengaa gamalie
adjective let’s do it attentively
bookmarkdeganoe
noun a part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdenei ange naa
about this
dolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkdoo lalo
verb unsuccessful
bookmarkdui moni
noun a fleet of canoes (in line)
bookmarkeidu ai
treat as a totem, worship, treat as asupernatural being
bookmarkeleele
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgaha biigi
noun a rope for tying pigs
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective eat messily
bookmarkgave ua loa
a long-distance footrace
bookmarkgeelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga
noun valley
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagabaa
verb cause to come into contact with; chase by trying to head off
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagaholau
verb banish from the island (in a canoe with no paddle or food)
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagamabulia
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagammuni
verb hide (something) from
bookmarkhagamoni
verb provide a canoe for
bookmarkhagatala gee
wanting always to hagatala
bookmarkhagatugu
verb crouch down
bookmarkhagausi age
appearance of rain clouds on the horizon
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhano mouli
verb disappear alive, especially into another world
bookmarkhenua mounga
noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkholadage
adjective laid out or spreadout all over
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave
bookmarkhulidonu
adjective rightsideout (clothes)
bookmarkkava
adjective to feel uncomfortably warm
bookmarkkii gee
move away from
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarkkosi
verb to scratch (once)
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklaohie age
improving condition (of weather)
bookmarklava hadu
noun leader (between fishing line and hook)
bookmarkleanga
noun bad person
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarkloongia
verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food
bookmarkmadaa gamu
noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai
bookmarkmagano
adjective overripe (of pandanus only)
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanu-gili-maau
noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)
bookmarkme osi
noun a coconuttree seedling
bookmarkmilo
verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoe iho
adjective sleep for a short time, nap; sleep overnight in place other than one’s usual sleeping place
bookmarkmoni sulu
noun submarine
bookmarkmuna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarknngao dalinga
hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknoho moso
able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)
bookmarkpaa iho
explode from above
bookmarksaelea
verb walkedupon
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarksemada
numeral tens of thousands
bookmarkseni tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarkssili mada
to faint, be unconscious
bookmarkteungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
bookmarktoo gee
clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
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