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alo-mea
adjective reddish color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkbaalasi saele
shine a flashlight indiscriminately on people
bookmarkbaguu de laa
past noon
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdaaligidia
verb to have been moved about by the wind
bookmarkdaane honu
noun a person of many accomplishments
bookmarkdagua-bodo
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdaguu
noun axe
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdaohi taelodi
adjective keep a record of
bookmarkdee kasi
perhaps
bookmarkdeeai
adjective
degidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkdotodi
adjective limping (as an action)
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkdutudu
verb play with fire
bookmarkduu gaso
adjective vertical,straight up and down
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduu o de hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkgadebega
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgaha paa
adjective a coconut with a small kernel
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgavada
noun
a type of basket
gave hua loa
gili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
haalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagadabena iho
verb prepare oneself, make oneself
bookmarkhagadau kino
adjective hate each other
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagahaanau
verb to help to deliver a child (as a midwife does)
bookmarkhagaheiangi
verb act smart (openly)
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhai damana
adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)
bookmarkhai dauaa
verb be in a wrinkled condition
bookmarkhai de hai
adjective stubborn, willful
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhano laa uda
adjective go on foot
bookmarkhanonga
noun trip1, journey
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkili taalanga
talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length
bookmarkkano malie
adjective a tasty tuber of good quality
bookmarklabodo-uli
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarklollolo
oily
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmadaagi
verb the scout in belubelu fishing
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa haa
number fourteen
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmahana age
heartburn <>
bookmarkmahuda age
wakeup
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmoigaga
noun fibers of the coconut husk
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
muu-madavai
noun fishsp. (rare)
bookmarknaba
adjective a slip of the tongue
bookmarkonge
famine
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksolovaani
thin and straight (of a person); having flat buttocks (considered ugly)
bookmarksongagi
noun a bad sort of person
bookmarktoo gili
wrinkled skin (from age)
bookmarkulu-davage
Indian coral tree
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