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adamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkalaange
adjective allowed to, permissible
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
baalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
basabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkbuu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkdaga
verb go from one place to another in a group
bookmarkdaga holiage
verb surrounding area; tocut or make a ring around
bookmarkdama iai
noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy
bookmarkdau bodu
adjective married man or woman
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdoli age
adjective obtain the smallest first
bookmarkdoo de gai me
miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkedee maua
impossible
bookmarkgaiaa dau bodu
commit adultery
bookmarkganaudogo
noun
an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat
gatae
noun fishingnet (attached to a frame or handle)
bookmarkgau bini baalanga
an iron rod
bookmarkgide malie
adjective get in the habit of
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgubu dao
noun a join of the spear shaft which is made of two pieces of wood
bookmarkgubu lima
hand, wrist
bookmarkgumedi hadu
noun
a bowl (pottery)
haanau
verb born, be
bookmarkhagaalahenua
verb provide land for
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagabunidia
verb add up
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagapili
adjective boring
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai maa
relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse
bookmarkhellumi de henua
mass confusion or panic
bookmarkhuaa me
a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
huluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarkkona odi
too much
bookmarklangadia
verb able to remain afloat with a load
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarklodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarklugu me
adjective having a tendency to take by force
bookmarkma de hia e doe
a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmaanu iho
adjective to begin to fish while maanu
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmark
madaa gamu
noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmaingaa
miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmana
supernatural power
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
mmanu
verb do (something)
bookmarkmmoa gango
adjective burned food which has been overcooked
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarkngadi uaa
adjective assent to insincerely
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarkniho
teeth
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkoo
adjective fit to (or into)
bookmarkpuugunga
noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances
bookmarksambagidaa
sausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarksigale
verb scull (a boat)
bookmarksii tae
adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarktainadaane
noun brother
bookmarktainadaane o dogu bodu
noun brother in law
bookmarktangada mange
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