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alaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
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adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdaahaa
daangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgivigivi
noun birdsp.: ruddyturnstone (arenaria interpres)
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
haduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
hoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkmada baubau
noun flirtatious
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmainu daodao
malibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
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milomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarksuisui
become wet
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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