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aalohi
noun the portion of the atoll lagoon just lagoonward of the fringing reef
bookmarkabadai
european
abongi
adjective capsize
bookmarkalaange
adjective allowed to, permissible
bookmarkalohi lima
noun palm (of hand)
bookmarkanga iho
noun self-awareness
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
biigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbini
verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope
bookmarkdaa gee taahili
sing off-key
bookmarkdalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdalimasanga
verb way of tying (rope, etc.)
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdau me
verb the sheath of the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkde hine hagahaanau
midwife
bookmarkdee ngado mai
forever,eternally
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdogi
noun adze; a tapping movement
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarke hanu ana dama
have children
bookmarkgadea
noun the side of the canoe away from the outrigger float
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgamu
verb cut (something)
bookmarkgau ivi
verb skinny
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgide
verb see
bookmarkhagaalo-mea
verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagadagodo
verb cause to lie down or remain; illustrate by examples
bookmarkhagadau doa
adjective to show one’s strength by doing something difficult
bookmarkhagadau tugi
adjective punch each other
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaholau
verb banish from the island (in a canoe with no paddle or food)
bookmarkhagaingoo ai
called by (named)
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagapogo
verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai de biho
verb act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhaiva
noun work,activity,occupation
bookmarkhano laa uda
adjective go on foot
bookmarkhenuu
verb a method of plaiting
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhhanga de ngudu
open one’s mouth
bookmarkhidi taelodo
adjective the weight (on a balance) used as a standard measurement
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkhoda
verb carve out, drill out; eat out the insides of (as does a rat)
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
kalo talinga
adjective clean out, or scratch, inside the ear
bookmarkkano de langi
noun a blue and cloudless sky
bookmarklaagau-bala-uda
noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklau ligi
verb having small leaves
bookmarklleu luu malau ngudu
swollen lips (from eating spicy foods or foods to which one is allergic)
bookmarkllibo ange luu vae
run
bookmarklo te
lodo laanui
adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside
bookmarklollolo
oily
bookmarkmaalava
the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada galisi
noun small green offshoots of the coconut tree trunk
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkmada udua
noun the point of a promontory or peninsula (esp. if large)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmadalua maa dahi
number twenty one
bookmarkmalo huna
adjective breechclout
bookmarkmatili mai
remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers
bookmarkmmao
adjective far,distant
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
mosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmuna o de henua
a community meeting (for listening to speeches or instructions)
bookmarknengenenge
oha de nnoho paba
disturb the peace
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck, punishment
bookmarkpuli
verb grab up all at once
bookmarksaibo saele
adjective rush around aimlessly (of a group of people)
bookmarksao gainga
sweep or clean up trash
bookmarksiba
verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarktamana o dogu bodu
noun father-in-law
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