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adaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkahe ina
wind around completely once
bookmarkaloha iho
noun self-love
bookmarkalohi lima
noun palm (of hand)
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkbaa i de madangi
be hit (usually forcefully) by wind
bookmarkbaabaa ama
verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)
bookmarkbe goai (naa huu)
whoever
bookmarkdaa donu taahili
sing on-key
bookmarkdaaloa
verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)
bookmarkdagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally stretched (of two or more ropes)
bookmarkdaumaha hagatoo donu
noun church service of dedication (in whichthe members renew their vows)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdenaa donu
that is it for sure
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkduasala
adjective hardship,difficulty
bookmarkdungagi
verb nod (one’s head)
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkduulanga
noun the place of, the track of (something)
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgahaalava
adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)
bookmarkgai aha
and then what
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective exaggerate (esp. in storytelling)
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
noun trapezeidcrab
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalo saele
adjective look around (moving one’s body about)
bookmarkgalo-gila
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkgamedi
noun
ganimua
noun the eldest child of a couple
bookmarkgano
noun flesh of,meat of
bookmarkgubu vae
noun foot,ankle
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagabiigia
verb to make sticky
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadalea
verb
make someone tired
hagadama
verb treat as a child
bookmarkhagadiinonga
verb treat as having supernatural power
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagalaangaa
verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)
bookmarkhagapigi saele
adjective go around with someone constantly
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhagauu
verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)
bookmarkhai aoa ina
bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkheboohagi lima
adjective fistfight
bookmarkhuaa bodu
noun family
bookmarkkumi
verb calculate (do arithmetic),figure out
bookmarklaagau
noun wood,stick (of wood)
bookmarklabua
verb knead thoroughly
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
luu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmada-galisi
verb the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
maluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmanu de gabadanga
noun
the bird leading a flock (of ngongo) to a school of fish
manu-manga-lua
noun insectsp.: scorpion
bookmarkmasaova laohie o de ngadau
noun dry season
bookmarkmasavaa danuaa
noun a time of peace
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkme mmala
noun bile
bookmarkmele
verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmolo
verb to make a knot of hair
bookmarkmoni sulu
submarine
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarknoobiho
adjective be enemies (of individuals only)
bookmarkosi
a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksaunga
adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarksii tae
adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarkssae de manava
struggle to breathe
bookmarksua aaleloi
a wrestling maneuver
bookmarkubu
kneecap; the shell of a coconut
bookmarkvaenga o de langi
Milky Way
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