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alaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkaliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbabaiangi
verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)
bookmarkbasa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmalianoono
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkmanavanava gimoo
adjective panting (as when short of breath)
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarksabiningaa lau
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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