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aamua
adjective high-ranking
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkbaalanga dua hale
metal roofing
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbona
noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkbuada
verb sling
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdaa taahili
adjective sing a melody
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdama lalo
noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdavage
noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)
bookmarkdiba
adjective not level, tipped to one side
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkdoo i hainga a me
wait for a long time (beyond the timeexpected)
bookmarkduasala
adjective hardship,difficulty
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkgabidia
verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)
bookmarkgadaha
noun birdsp.: greatfrigatebird(fregata minor)
bookmarkgadebega
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgeelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga
noun valley
bookmarkgulunieli
noun plantsp.
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadau hai me ai
use jointly or collectively
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high inwater (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadubu o manu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahana iho
verb record for a little while
bookmarkhagaingoo
verb give a name to, named, called
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)
bookmarkhagamabulia
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagapiigia
verb make stuck to
bookmarkhagasaulaba
verb treat as saulaba
bookmarkhagatala gee
wanting always to hagatala
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhale haahine
noun a house of prostitution
bookmarkhale i lodo
noun ribcage, thoraciccavity
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhidi de mamu dunu
curling up of fish (when cooked)
bookmarkhidu-limu
time noun the seventh number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhili de hau
make a hau
bookmarkiloo me
charlatanism
bookmarkina-gi-hale
a row of thatch
bookmarkioonga
noun way of giving
bookmarklaangai ngadi moana
a fishing condition in which tuna arebiting, but do not appear in schools
bookmarklao
the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklau kena
adjective leaves (or hair) which have lost theirnatural healthy color
bookmarklava hadu
noun leader (between fishing line and hook)
bookmarkloage
adjective
go (up or toward the village, or land)
loeaa
a type of game
bookmarkloomai
adjective
come or go (toward the speaker)
luu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmaagoda
adjective jealous (sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmaalisa
noun an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkmatili
adjective come up quickly (like fast-sproutingplants or a quickly erupting skin disease)
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkme bouli
noun the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkmmala dana (dagu) maanga
lose his (my) appetite
bookmarkmmoli gee
haul away from
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarkooi
adjective a sound used in communicating at a distance (= "yes")
bookmarkpaa de mahedua
sneeze loudly
bookmarksagulaa-dagua
noun fishsp.
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksalua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarksaugalo saele
adjective search for here and there,wander around looking for
bookmarkse mouli dangada
rascal
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksoodo
noun
lead1 (metal), bullet;
ssabe age
eat
bookmarkssea
noun chair
bookmarksugulu
noun school
bookmarktainaahine o dogu bodu
noun sister-in-law
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkuludino
shed skin (as reptiles do)
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