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aahee ai
then which
bookmarkaahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkaau
verb remove
bookmarkaausanga
noun way of leaving a wake
bookmarkanaa ange maalie
those are exactly right
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkaoa
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: banyan tree (Ficus prolixa Forst.)
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbaalanga tea
noun stainless steel
bookmarkbadodi
verb to jerk to a stop (as at the end of a tether); stumble, trip (fall)
bookmarkbagi
noun gun or any other weapon of similar nature
bookmarkbii
adjective semen, ejaculate
bookmarkbili i de lodo
unforgotten
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbua maliaa
dagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdatane-uli
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdau honu
noun the season during which tides are highest
bookmarkdau makaga
adjective tightly stretched (not slack)
bookmarkdeai me ao ai
useless
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgabinivali
noun a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgaibea lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalisi
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgalo gila
goatfish
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgi daha
to the outside; in the environs of
bookmarkgide
verb see
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhagadahadaha
verb keep staying away
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting
bookmarkhagalanea
verb cause to increase in quantity; greedy
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhagatugu
verb crouch down
bookmarkhai me gavia
do crazy things
bookmarkhai me madua
act grown up
bookmarkhellumi de henua
mass confusion or panic
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhhoa de usu
to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhua bugaliaa
hulu
adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)
bookmarki hee ai goe
you lose
bookmarkio alo
noun lower io, q.v.
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklaa ange
and those there
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarkmaga tau hoe
to paddle (a canoe) vigorously
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmalo lau manu
cloth with a flowered pattern
bookmarkmanu-a-luga
noun insectsp.: fruitfly
bookmarkmaunga
noun way of becoming accustomed to
bookmarkme dau
noun thing of importance,worthwhile
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkmmogo
verb insist upon
bookmarkmoahulu
goatfish
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmoni dui
a canoe rigged for casting for tuna
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngago
noun brain; egg
bookmarknguu
noun squid (3 types)
bookmarknguulia
verb be nguu
bookmarkono llau
number six hundred
bookmarksaga gee
saga away from; extend out inspace
bookmarkse aha goe
you’re a nobody
bookmarkseni tao
sleep soundly
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarkssema
jellyfish species
bookmarkssogo
grated raw taro which has dried out
bookmarksula
verb arrive
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
bookmarkvalea
moldy; to have been in place for a long time
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