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aduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkanaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdaumaha hagatoo donu
noun church service of dedication (in whichthe members renew their vows)
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
laagii baubau
noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
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limamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
ohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
tainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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