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aalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkaloage
anaa ange huu
that
anei donu
only these are the ones
bookmarkanei maa
these were about (approximately)
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbakau dahi de manu
not to go fishing when other groups are going
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bigibigi
adjective more-or-less close to
bookmarkbolo
verb make a will (for oneself or others)
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbuudunga
noun pile of, group of
bookmarkdaa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdae de lodo
be satisfied completely
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdanu de laa
the setting of the sun
bookmarkdau gadea
noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)
bookmarkdelaa tee madea
hard to tellapart from; resemble closely
bookmarkdenei ai laa
this is that then
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdogoisi
adjective few
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgai boo
adjective eat early in the morning
bookmarkgaibea lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgannui ina
white (of the portion of a woman’s thighshidden under her sarong)
bookmarkgede maduu
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgidee mai
found out (or be found out)
bookmarkgii talinga
adjective tinnitus
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadae
verb to give a hand net to
bookmarkhagadau doa
adjective to show one’s strength by doing something difficult
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
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hagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagamaasei mai
make smaller (toward one)
bookmarkhagamoolaua
verb cause to hurry
bookmarkhagasemada
verb make a total of ten thousand
bookmarkhagatulu mai
verb ooze out
bookmarkhai gai
adjective prepared food; cook food
bookmarkhale hadu
noun a house of brick or cement construction
bookmarkhebuihagi
verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close
bookmarkhoimanu
noun fishsp.: eagleray
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kangi odi
adjective too sharp
bookmarkkave huaame
verb take the whole thing
bookmarklaangai ngadi moana
a fishing condition in which tuna arebiting, but do not appear in schools
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklale
noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklanga
verb lift, raise up; copy out (by hand); ship from one place to another
bookmarklau makaga
verb stiff
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkloonaa
verb the sticking of food in the throat (which is cleared by washing it down with liquid)
bookmarkma te
mada udua
noun the point of a promontory or peninsula (esp. if large)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lua
number twelve
bookmarkmaga de hoe
to paddle vigorously
bookmarkmagaahi
noun embers
bookmarkmahanasia
verb heated
bookmarkmaile
noun plantsp.: maile-scentedfern(polypodium scolopendria burm. f.)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
manu laosedi
noun seaanimal; marineinvertebrates
bookmarkmasaova laohie o de ngadau
noun dry season
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkmidia
verb dream about
bookmarkmidia ange
dream about
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmouli
adjective living, alive; life; life-style; that on which life seems to depend (e.g., favorite food or activity); life-principle (spirit, soul, etc.)
bookmarkmuli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarkngali
grind
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarksali ssaavale
adjective salivate
bookmarkSeedaa
October
bookmarksugulu
noun school
bookmarkvaiduu
lazy
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