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aduhenua
noun group of islands or atolls; archipelago
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbaabuu
adjective
lie down
baalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
badabaatai
adjective
boi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkbuge
noun a bump on a tree trunk
bookmarkbuulou
verb cover up (by wrapping up with one layer); to catch by scooping up (e.g., with a net or basket)
bookmarkdaa de hia
what time is it
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdalaa umada
noun prow spray of a ship
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdinae o ssaiolo
<= dinae o de laa>
bookmarkdugi gee
chase away (in a certain direction)
bookmarkga dae ai
until
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgaange
verb give
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabetili
noun parent-in-law
bookmarkgabia
verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgaibea lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgano agau
reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgideu
noun plantsp.: fern sp.
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkgu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaava
verb relieve
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
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hagahale
verb begin to form (of a situation)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagaola
verb save from
bookmarkhai aha
adjective what relationship
bookmarkhai goinga
adjective aggrandizement of one’s land holdings by moving others’ goinga
bookmarkhannoo kaba
go now, right away beat it
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhudaa moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarklanibene
adjective separation in coconut oil (when it is aging)
bookmarklaso
noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarkllago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarklligi
adjective
fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small
loeaa
noun a type of game
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklou
a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down
bookmarklua llau
number two hundred
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmai moni
a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmalau ngudu
noun lips
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkmoebili
adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime
bookmarkmui
verb gathered around (something)
bookmarkmuna pada
harsh words
bookmarkngadi hai bodu
common-law marriage, concubinage
bookmarkngado
adjective come to the end or limit (of something)
bookmarkngadolo
adjective a landslide or similar movement of things
bookmarkogo
noun the attachment of a clam to the reef
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
salu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksavini
verb run
bookmarksengalia
verb deceived, fooled; made dependent upon(e.g., gifts)
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarktua
outside
bookmarkunumanga
drinking party
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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