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adamai
verb recollect or recall past events or persons, etc.
bookmarkahe iho
diminish (in intensity)
bookmarkaigimea
noun plant sp.: wedelia creeper (wedelia biflora (l.) dc.)
bookmarkalaa ange maalie
those there are exactly right
bookmarkalaa loo
those (there) were the ones
bookmarkalaa sili
those there were enough
bookmarkaloha ina
helpful toward
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbaoa
verb wash up on shore
bookmarkbau ange
capable of, be the equal of
bookmarkbili i de lodo
unforgotten
bookmarkbonga
adjective bent, curved, defective (of fruit)
bookmarkboongia
verb be caught by darkness unexpectedly
bookmarkbugolo
noun coral sp.: faviid coral
bookmarkdaahili hagadaahao
adjective a song which is for amusement only (one which is not ’serious’, i.e., not religious)
bookmarkdagu hahine
my "daughter" or "mother" (not one’s natural mother)
bookmarkdee ngado mai
forever,eternally
bookmarkdoonga
noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)
bookmarkduu-baeao
noun fishsp.: filefish
bookmarkduuaa
verb to be in trouble
bookmarkduulua
noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)
bookmarkgabanibaonga
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkgana
noun bad person
bookmarkganimuli
noun the second child of a couple
bookmarkgau
noun grouping (of people)
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkgohu de lodo
ignorant
bookmarkgoluu
pronoun you (dual)
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkhagabaagava
verb to threaten violence
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagamabu iho
adjective rest for a short time
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrespectful way
bookmarkhagao ngadaa
adjective expensive
bookmarkhagasebaga
verb make a total of ten billion
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhagategi kano
adjective tickled (not sexually)
bookmarkhagatevea
verb <= hagatevelia>
bookmarkhagatubu me
adjective exaggerate matters
bookmarkhai kai
adjective show-off, proud
bookmarkhano ai
attend (e.g., church services)
bookmarkheboohagi lima
adjective fistfight
bookmarkhili gee
sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)
bookmarkhoa
noun side (of humans), below the hips
bookmarkhobulaa
adjective a sound uttered esp. when liftingsomething
bookmarkhonoa
verb patched
bookmarkhulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarkiho daahagi
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]
bookmarkino gi mua
bend (one’s body) forward
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarklaa ange
and those there
bookmarkllava
verb
finished
lodo gaiaa
adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating
bookmarklodo haa
loomai
adjective
come or go (toward the speaker)
maamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmagau loo au
now i’m really in trouble
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmaleasa
noun fishsp. : tang (a kind of igauli)
bookmarkmasaova laohie o de ngadau
noun dry season
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmau goloa
rich in material possessions
bookmarkmilo
verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring
bookmarkmomme
a place
bookmarkmule
adjective slow; late
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkngadi biho
noun head
bookmarkngauda
adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman
bookmarknoho hagamaaiongi
adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksai moni
a fleet of canoes
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksauduu
mermaid
bookmarksavaa
adjective soon (will happen)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
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