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aahee loo
when (distant future)
bookmarkabulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkalohi lima
noun palm (of hand)
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
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dama adu hale
noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others
bookmarkdangada mai i daha
relatives by marriage or adoption, etc.
bookmarkdao beau
noun the wave following the highest one
bookmarkdao bou
noun ridgepole support (end)
bookmarkdaua
verb war,battle
bookmarkdohu
adjective sufficient, enough; able to cover agiven area
bookmarkduumaa
unclassified remainder (less than the preceding number); about, approximately
bookmarkgau anga
noun thigh
bookmarkgeesaa
noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii
bookmarkgemo
adjective fast, swift
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkhaa leu
noun a leaf which has turned yellowish-brown
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)
bookmarkhagabigi
verb strive to be like
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagahodooligi
verb to install as chief
bookmarkhagalaagii
verb
decorate, adorn; ornament
hagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhai de ama
to have a spouse
bookmarkhai de boo (o)
celebrate the birthday (of)
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhedae
adjective meet up with; be even with each other
bookmarkheohi ange
suited to,fit (with),appropriate to
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkhodo
noun the spine of the stingray
bookmarkhuaa me
a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
bookmarkhudaa moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarki ono daha
at his place, with him
bookmarkiga-adagahi
noun
fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)
kau donu
adjective usedto, easy to
bookmarkkino made
adjective hate vehemently, completely disgusted
bookmarkkona loo
too much
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklaussoe
adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)
bookmarklave
adjective be caught on, stuck on
bookmarklilo bule
adjective covered up completely
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmada duulanga
noun an important position (spatially)
bookmarkmadalua maa siva
number twenty nine
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanava bodo
adjective shortness of breath
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmoosugia ange
somewhat moosugia
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarknngao
verb loud (sound)
bookmarknoho
verb settle somewhere; live somewhere
bookmarkoa
gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkoha
break, break up, destroy; damage, ruin
bookmarkpaa iho
explode from above
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
bookmarksomo
verb grow, develop; coconut apple
bookmarkssae aalanga
adjective sore in the muscles
bookmarksui
change, replace
bookmarktaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)
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unahi
scale (of a fish)
bookmarkvaalanga
made up (of a story only)
bookmarkvelo de hagasii
a type of game
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