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agoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkaloha gelo
noun profound affection
bookmarkau hagi
verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef
bookmarkbae
verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)
bookmarkbige
noun a strip of land extending into the sea or a swamp
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbualeu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkdaane i lalo
noun a person who fails at everything he tries
bookmarkdabui
verb to splash water on something with the hand
bookmarkdala
verb tell, say to, relate
bookmarkdaogave
noun a type of coconut tree
bookmarkdaula de gona
noun
a cord between the naval and the genitals
davaia
noun the largest sort of tuna
bookmarkdeua
noun back (body part)
bookmarkdogi
noun adze
bookmarkdoo gaiaa
ambush; attack by surprise or stealth
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
adjective bad-mannered
bookmarkdoolohi
verb chase,run after
bookmarkdungagi ange
nod one’s head toward (to beckon orindicate agreement, etc.)
bookmarkduu ngavesi
cover of a box
bookmarkgabe manava
adjective eat sparingly (just enough to maintain one’s strength), have a snack
bookmarkgau bini
noun a tool used in braiding rope
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgoehau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)
bookmarkgoinga
noun a boundary marker (of stone)
bookmarkgolee bugaliaa
goloa haangdoa
noun fishing gear
bookmarkhaaligi
verb wrap from under, wrap around; to line1 something (e.g., a box, with paper)
bookmarkhagabaasi
verb do toward one side
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagabuni
verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
adjective make boxes
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrepectful way
bookmarkhagasogoisi
verb
hagi
verb pick (fruit) by grabbing and twisting off
bookmarkhai me
industrious
bookmarkhai modo
verb eat (or pick) when still unripe
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhuaamee mugamuga
huahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkhulu
adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkkii ange
increase
bookmarklanga de ivi
a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage
bookmarklangadia
verb able to remain afloat with a load
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarkleia
verb be jumped upon; be landed upon
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarkllahi
noun fishsp. (= small hagaudalolo)
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaadau mangoo
noun a type of fishhook (for sharks)
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmalau
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkme vae
shoes, slippers
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmmaunga
noun way of memorizing, (way of havingmemorized)
bookmarkmoomuna
adjective fatty
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkne hia
how many has it been
bookmarkniho hagadolo
noun incisor teeth
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkoa
gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkomaadeu
pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
sauligi
noun a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarksavini
verb run
bookmarkse aha goe
you’re a nobody
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksilivaahea
wander about with no fixed abode
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksoodo
noun
lead1 (metal), bullet;
tubuna aahine
noun grandmother
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