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G GA - a suffix added to many verbs to form nouns,e.g. galue - galuegaGA'AU, n. entrails, intestines, ona ga'au. GAO, n. 1. molar (tooth) 2. a ridicule. O le a lona gao? GA'O, n. fat, grease,dripping, lard.ga'o o le pua'a;lana ga'o, which he buys. metaphor: greedy GAOA, adj. rough,rugged, stony, rocky, (applied toland and roads). GAOI, v.t. to steal, to thieve. pass. gaoia, see FAO. GAOI, v.i. to ache, to throb. GAOIOI, v.i. to shake about, to move. GAOIOIGA, n. activities. GAOGAO, adj. 1. to be empty. 2. to be deserted,as a house or village. see MOLE; TOAGAOGAO;TUUFUA; AUSAGE. GAOSI, v.t. to make, to produce, to build. see FAI. GAU, adj. broken, as a stick or bone see MOTU,TA'E. GAU, adj. to lose money on gambling. GAUA'I, v.i. to yield, to obey. see USIUSITAI. GAUGAU, v.t. to fold up, to crease. pl. gagau. GA'UTA, see `I GA'UTA. Referring to inlad direction. GAUTA, see `I Ga Uta. GAFA, n. 1. genealogy, the line of one's ancestors. 2. a fathom, six feet or two yards. (IATA, one yard) GAFOA, v.t. to break, of the dawn of the day. `Ua gafoa mai ata. The dawn is breaking. Ua tafa mai ata.GAFULU, adv. suffix to numbers multiplying them by ten. as, lima - five; limagafulu, fifty. GAGA'E, re: GAGA'_ adv. eastward, a little towards the east. see SASA'E. GAGAIFO, adv. westward, a little towards the west. see SISIFO. GAGANA, n. a language, one's speaking the language. GALALA, v.i. to have intense thirst, parched with thirst. see FIAINU. GALI, to take a bite. GALO, v.i. to be forgotten. `Ua galo a'u. I am forgotten. `Ua galo lena mea ia te ai. I have forgotten that. see FAAGALOGALO. GALO, n. name of a fish. GALOMA, v. to disappear as a whole. Ua galoma uma atu mea sa i le fale. All things in the house have disappeared. GALU, n. a wave, a swell, a breaker.syn. PEAU. GALU, adj. to be rough, to be storm-tossed, of the sea. GALUE, v.i. to work. pl. galulue. GALUEA'IINA, v.t. to be worked upon, to be developed. GALUEGA, n. work, labour, task. lana galuega. GASEGASE, adj. respect word for sick, ill. syn.MA'I. GASOLO, v.i. to pass along, to proceed towards completion. GATA, v.i. to end, to terminate, to come to an end. see FAAGATA. GATA, n. a snake, a viper. GATA, adv. a suffix to verbs and adjectives meaning diffiuclt of accomplishment, expressing difficulty. see GOFIE. GATAAGA, n. 1. the end of a succession of ends.lona gataaga. 2. the end of the world. see IUGA.GATAI, see I GATAI. Referring to a seaward direction. GATASI, adv. together, equally, as one. loto gatasi, to be of one will. GATETE, v.i. to shake or tremble, to shake with fear. see LULU; TETEMU; LUELUE. GENO, v.i. to make signs with eyebrows,to nod the head. redup. genogeno.GESE, adj. slow. redup. gesegese. ant VAVE. see FAAGESE. GOFIE, adj. a suffix to verbs and adjectives meaning easy of accomplishment, easy to do. see –GATA. GOGOLO, n. a rushing sound, of wind, waves,thunder, rain, etc. GOGOLO, v.i. to make a rushing sound. GOTO, v.i. to sink, to go below the level of something; to set, of the sun. GUGU, adj. to be incapable of intelligible speech,dumb. GUGU, n. sickness of the joints. GUGUTU, adj. be boastful GUTU, n. the mouth. lona gutu. see FOFOGA.
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