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ago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkau dili uda
an ocean current flowing toward land
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbadai
adjective meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbasa gi lunga
speak loudly
bookmarkboogia mai
be caught doing something wrong
bookmarkdaamada age
adjective start again
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdangada henua gee
noun foreigners, strangers
bookmarkdangalebu
verb rough or choppy sea condition
bookmarkdaogave
noun a type of coconut tree
bookmarkdaula baalanga
noun cable,wire (heavy)
bookmarkde baasi gee
theopposing side
bookmarkdegi ange
forgive (someone),pardon (someone)
bookmarkdenaa maa
that is about (approximately)
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdeua
noun back (body part)
bookmarkdili bala
adjective collapse (of persons)
bookmarkdili dai
adjective any current flowing away from the atoll
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdoo de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkdugu de uinga
to lay down a new cover of palm frondson uinga
bookmarkduu gili somo
the coconut meat remaining in a germinated coconut after the coconut apple has been removed
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgau anga
noun thigh
bookmarkgauanga mahagi
noun dislocated thighbone
bookmarkgona odi
adjective too much
bookmarkgu odi ange ona
he has done all he could
bookmarkgubu lima
noun hand,wrist
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhadugolaa
noun
any stone of volcanic origin
hagaali
verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagabaasi
verb do toward one side
bookmarkhagabaguu ange
move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagabiiginga
noun way of making sticky
bookmarkhagadaemahadia
verb put too much weight on
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagakii dalinga
verb producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something sweet is eaten
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagammau
adjective poisonous
bookmarkhai de hagamaanadu
remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai maa
relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai saulaba
adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hoe
noun a canoepaddle
bookmarkhoe pale
noun a type of canoe paddle designed for steering
bookmarkhooholo
verb
huaahai
verb expertise
bookmarkhulu
noun
hair (on the body)
ieiangi
adjective recovered from illness
bookmarkiga-loa
noun fishsp. (a small flying fish)
bookmarkivi sulu
noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarkkino made
adjective hate vehemently, completely disgusted
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarklingilingia
verb pour little by little
bookmarklipaidonga
noun mollusksp.: turbo petholatus
bookmarklo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarklodo manege
adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser
bookmarkluu duu
noun covers (of books), two halves
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmagau danuaa
die peacefully (shown by a beatific facial expression on the corpse and the calmness of the weather)
bookmarkmagi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmanga
noun a branch, part of (something havingcoordinate parts)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmuna pada
noun harsh words
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarknoho muli
adjective overloaded in the stern (of a canoe)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarkooi
adjective a sound used in communicating at a distance (= "yes")
bookmarkpee
adjective pass wind (flatus)
bookmarksele gi tonu
make sure of
bookmarksili iho
adjective have just stopped; calmdown (of a person)
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
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