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ahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkaigimea
noun plant sp.: wedelia creeper (wedelia biflora (l.) dc.)
bookmarkala galigi
noun a method of mat making
bookmarkanaa huu
those only are the ones
bookmarkanei muhuu
how about these
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbadii
noun fish sp., scad?
bookmarkbadioda
verb the residue remaining after coconut oil has been heated; the residue remaining after arrowroot starch-making
bookmarkbagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbaulia
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkbedage
verb shallow (bowl, basket, etc.)
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdala
adjective
tame
dalaa muna
noun word,phrase
bookmarkdalaehala
verb pricked
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdauleelage
noun fishsp.: blenny
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdee vasu
fearless (socially); inconsiderate
bookmarkdoi-lesi
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
doo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkduu mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkduudangaa solo
noun a package of solo (food) wrapped in coconut leaves and heated; flashlightbattery
bookmarkgamu
verb cut (something)
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgasi
noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma
bookmarkgubu dae
noun intestines which appear to havesegmentation
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagaditidi de hadu
to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahhano
verb show someone how to wash his hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhhanga
split open, open up, or separate, all at once.
bookmarkholasa
noun
a type of mat
hua o tangada
outcome (of individual effort)
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkhulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarki dahi me
each, apiece
bookmarkio
noun a quarter of the body of a tuna when it is cut lengthwise
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklaangi hagadaahao
noun fieldday
bookmarklaho
noun aerial root of the pandanus tree
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarkloage
adjective
go (up or toward the village, or land)
lodo gaiaa
competitive, envious, desious of retaliating
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarkmadannia
noun finger
bookmarkmagi labua gee
upset stomach (nausea)
bookmarkmai i daha
from outside
bookmarkmalo haahine
adjective a dress (female clothing)
bookmarkmanu aabi
noun kite
bookmarkmanu dabeo
verb trees and shrubs which grow as weeds
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmasole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkme bouli
noun the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkme vae
shoes, slippers
bookmarkmmano
noun thousands
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkngadau iho
younger
bookmarkngaio
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarkngalue de hakii
dislocated larynx
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarkonge
famine
bookmarkoohia
verb (for a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e., the tide not being so low that it is too shallow)
bookmarkosia
verb taken for planting
bookmarkpaa ono maahana
receive one’s punishment, suffer
bookmarkpanga
adjective
seseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
sisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksua aaleloi
a wrestling maneuver
bookmarktamana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandfather
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