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aalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkabaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkabiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkaoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
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bolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
daudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdemee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdiidiingia
verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdoi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagadaga ange
increase in
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
verb attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
heboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarklollolo
oily
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmagi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
magi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
massogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarknoho dodo
adjective coagulation of blood
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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