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aha goi
what next
bookmarkaligi
adjective priest (of a cult)
bookmarkaloha gelo
noun profound affection
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbaleao
noun fish sp., milkfish
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkdaabeduge
verb work seriously
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaasele
verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdagilanea
adjective each having a lot
bookmarkdagodo be --
it seems that...
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdao ssanga
noun roof support (top) poles, wall plates
bookmarkdaula
verb rope (heavy); anchored (of ship)
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdebeaha
okay; so-so
bookmarkdee maeva
not present, absent
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduguagi
verb be suspicious of (someone)
bookmarkgagu
well-mannered
bookmarkgalabe
noun seacucumber sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgalasi
galavagu
noun spongesp.
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkganae
noun fishsp.: mullet
bookmarkgapese
a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgelu-agau
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkhadugolaa
any stone of volcanic origin [imported from volcanic islands].
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagalongo
verb hear, listen
bookmarkhagamaanadu
verb remember,remind
bookmarkhai damana
adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)
bookmarkhainga soe
noun a just law
bookmarkhedogi
noun the sound of tapping
bookmarkhesilihaginga haiava
noun intersection
bookmarkhhali
verb scoop up (of solids only)
bookmarkhhui mai tai
flow of the tide
bookmarkhinangalomalie
adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarklabua gee (lodo)
having an upset stomach; to be on the point of nausea
bookmarklaohie age
improving condition (of weather)
bookmarkleanga
noun bad person
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarkluu hadu a moidigi
noun stone-like organs in the top of the head of flying fish
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkmaalie loo
much later
bookmarkmada-galisi
the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmagau i de hiigai
ravenous
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmangila
noun plantsp. (a type of ngaungau)
bookmarkmanugia
adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmoni sulu
noun submarine
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarknao
verb to extract by gouging out with a finger
bookmarkneve
verb blurred (out of focus)
bookmarkngalubelube
verb tremble or vibrate in the air
bookmarkngau hala
verb bite someone
bookmarknngao dalinga
adjective hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknoodalo
verb duplicate
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarkosia
verb taken for planting
bookmarkpoo
adjective grab or catch in a single act
bookmarksaalinga
noun street; road
bookmarksabalia
verb be saba2
bookmarksago
verb tough (like meat); stiff (like a heavy fishing pole)
bookmarkse galubu
very fast
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarksobaga
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarksomo
noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
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