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aalohi modu
noun lagoonward of the islets of the atoll
bookmarkadamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkanei ai huu
these only then
bookmarkao
adjective sufficient
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbaa sege
adjective carom off
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbalu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkbe hia
how many (according to someone)
bookmarkbiia
verb get wet
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbolengia
verb do something without reflection
bookmarkboo hagadanu malama
the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdaaia
verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely
bookmarkdala
verb unfasten,undo,untie
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdama pala
noun
a foetus which has been aborted, ugly
datada de galomada
twitching of an eye
bookmarkdenei maa
this is about (approximately)
bookmarkdenga meenei
these ones (plural)
bookmarkdiha
verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkdoo ngaiho
adjective the blowing of the wind from the north
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkduu mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkduubaa
noun one half of an oyster shell
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food made from taro
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgaleve sali
noun a coconut tree which produces much galeve
bookmarkgauligi iho
next younger than
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgoobai lau
noun a hat made from pandanus leaves
bookmarkgubu lima
noun hand,wrist
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaadugau
verb arrange things in a row or line
bookmarkhagabaua
verb figureout, determine
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagadahea
verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe
bookmarkhagadanu
verb sink below the horizon, burrow into the sand
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagammidi
verb suction of a sea current, undertow
bookmarkhagamua
verb be first; get closer to
bookmarkhagapago donu
adjective fortunate result
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhai gaiaa
verb use without permission
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkhulu manu
feathers
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarklau-gadaha
noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
lausamua
verb untidy in appearance (esp. unshaven, with one’s hair in disorder); unkempt
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkloongia
verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food
bookmarkmada hoou
adjective brand new
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmataia
soreness of the eyes after a fishing expedition (from the glare of the sun)
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmogo
noun shoot from a sprouting coconut
bookmarkmoso
noun birdsp.: starling (apolonis opacus)
bookmarkmuna hhadu
noun lie (falsehood)
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkobe
noun eye of the taro corm
bookmarkodomalie
adjective delicious (of coconut apples only)
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpo
verb touch
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksingalia
verb overhung
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity.
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