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agaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamalemalemo
verb to swim with one’s nose barely out of the water (as do small children)
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
honu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarklaalaa
verb having many branches
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklabulabu sala
adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaamaagila
adjective becoming slightly parted
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmainu daodao
malala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksinsia
tainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
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