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aamia
verb sufficient for the purpose or need
bookmarkabasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkadamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkanei laa
these (here) which were there
bookmarkbaageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbadabaatai
adjective
balabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbiigia
verb be stuck to completely
bookmarkbini daubeemala
verb a method of making flower headdresses
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbua leu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkdae de ua
have a good time
bookmarkdaelodo gi lunga
a large number of
bookmarkdaemaha
adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdagitilo
verb watchful, be on the lookout, keep aneye on
bookmarkdama muli bee
noun the twelfth child born to a couple
bookmarkdanu bela
adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)
bookmarkdee anga
forgetful, absent-minded
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdenei ange naa
about this
diidegaehala
noun the sixth child of a couple
bookmarkdoloa
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdoo lalo
verb unsuccessful
bookmarkduusaba
noun a type of musical instrument (a stretched palm leaf jiggled while blown against)
bookmarkgage saali
verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali
bookmarkgahaalava
adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)
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gaimalie
adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)
bookmarkgavange
adjective
give or bring to (someone)
geugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgini manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkguboa
verb being used in connection with group activity
bookmarkhadi haho
adjective steep (inclination)
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagabunidia
verb add up
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high inwater (and is planing)
bookmarkhagahaigamaiana
verb treat as important
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagaobe
verb cause to have obe
bookmarkhagaseenga
noun way of just being able to
bookmarkhano muhuu loo
let’s see...
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhuaa bodu
noun family
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkigohinga
noun way of using igohi
bookmarkisi
verb to peel off in long thin strips
bookmarkkai laanui
adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklaba
noun a dancingpaddle
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
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lau iho laa
those of small size
bookmarkleba
verb flap in the wind (like a flag)
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarklodo baageaa
adjective weak-willed, easily tempted; excitedeasily by the opposite sex
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaanessala
adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadalua maa dahi
number twenty one
bookmarkmaeva
adjective move from one place to another
bookmarkmagakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmalaungudu
noun lip, lips
bookmarkmalo aahine
noun dress
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngadoa
verb to have ngado
bookmarkngadolo
adjective a landslide or similar movement of things
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarkodi ai loo
that’s the end that’s all
bookmarkpaa
adjective explode,burst
bookmarkse biho
clever (scheme or trick)
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarktaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)
bookmarktoogili
adjective wrinkly
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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