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aalohi
noun the portion of the atoll lagoon just lagoonward of the fringing reef
bookmarkaau ai naa
more so
bookmarkalamooi
noun june
bookmarkanaa ai
these (there) only
bookmarkbadotodi
verb move jerkily
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbigi
adjective be caught between two or more other things
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaa sseu
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdaga holiage
verb surrounding area; tocut or make a ring around
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activities,religious activities
bookmarkdaguu
noun axe
bookmarkdahi ma dahi
each individual
bookmarkdahido lima
noun upper arm
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdama doe
noun the fourth child born to a couple
bookmarkdango
verb grab (in order to restrain, e.g., a person), fall upon
bookmarkdaogave
noun
a type of coconuttree
datada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdaula de boo
noun a rope carried in the canoe (esp. at night) for anchoring or tying canoes together in case of strong wind
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdelaa ai
therefore (with respect to that there)
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit
bookmarkdili de lima
to swing one’s arms (when walking)
bookmarkduasala
adjective hardship,difficulty
bookmarkdugu de uinga
to lay down a new cover of palm frondson uinga
bookmarkduuaa
verb to be in trouble
bookmarkduudae
noun feces
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkgaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgabaea
to hang oneself
bookmarkgaha paa
adjective a coconut with a small kernel
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkgasi
adjective jump up (with both feet leaving the ground)
bookmarkgavia
crazy person; insane person,
bookmarkgu soe donu
unmistakably, for certain
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaau gee
bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid
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hagalili
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagaono (ina)
verb make a total of six
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhai aoa ina
verb bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkhai me galasi
to steal after having sort of asked for
bookmarkhai me hagamadia
behave in a more-or-less show-off manner
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhhola
verb hola at one time
bookmarkholasa
noun
a type of mat
hua gulu
noun breadfruit (singular)
bookmarkhulidonu
adjective rightsideout (clothes)
bookmarkieiangi
adjective recovered from illness
bookmarkiho daahagi
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarklabua gee (lodo)
having an upset stomach; to be on the point of nausea
bookmarklalo ade
noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklaumele
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
bookmarkllabu
verb claw
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklua-baaua
time noun the second number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmee duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkmilo
verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmousi
adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngadi biho
noun head
bookmarknnoo hagamau me
insatiably acquisitive
bookmarknoho
verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated
bookmarknoho muli
adjective overloaded in the stern (of a canoe)
bookmarkpoo mai
a unit of measurement (from the end of the extended thumb to the other side of the clenched fist)
bookmarksauduu
noun mermaid
bookmarkse galubu
very fast
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarksoa hagaaloha
noun a good friend
bookmarkssuanga
stained in one place
bookmarktainaahine madua
noun elder sister
bookmarktangada dee doo gi de me
uncouth person
bookmarkteve de gili
gooseflesh
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