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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbalagia a de gaga
noun fish sp., parrot fish
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
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boo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaahaa
daane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkduuduu manu
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)
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
geugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun fishsp.: flatfish
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklaalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmainu daodao
malangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
masavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngadi seesee
walk barefoot, stroll
bookmarksabiningaa lau
saesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
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