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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkabo manu
adjective to correct someone without justification
bookmarkadi longo
adjective to tattle
bookmarkalo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkbaasi masui
adjective left side, left-handed
bookmarkbalu
verb to bring one’s hands and arms (or wings) down or back once (as in waving, swimming, or the flapping of a bird’s wings)
bookmarkbaoa
verb wash up on shore
bookmarkbigi
adjective be caught between two or more other things
bookmarkdaamadaa-sele
noun insectsp.: waterbug
bookmarkdaemahadia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdahola
verb fish, hunt (at night)
bookmarkdai bigi
adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine (extending from a fish, etc.)
bookmarkdalaa mada
noun <= dalaa umada>
bookmarkdangi iho
adjective cry to oneself
bookmarkdao bagu
verb dry out (fish or food to preserve it)
bookmarkdau de madangi
be hit by (usually a strong) wind
bookmarkdenaa huu
that is it still
bookmarkdoloa
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdugi gee
chase away (in a certain direction)
bookmarkdugu de gubenga
set a gubenga net
bookmarkduha
verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)
bookmarkdutudu
verb play with fire
bookmarkgabou
noun fishsp.: scad
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgau ivi
verb skinny
bookmarkgauligi daane
male child, boy
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgide eidu
verb to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
guao
noun
the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore
guboa
verb being used in connection with group activity
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkhagaamuli
verb treat as junior
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadauaadea
verb to clear out a place
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagailonga ange agina
assign (someone) to; use something as a landmark
bookmarkhagamaadua
verb be oldest among
bookmarkhagamaiana
adjective
hagapiigia
verb make stuck to
bookmarkhagapogo
verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up.
bookmarkhagapuuninga
noun a total of
bookmarkhaigabungi
adjective act strangely, act shyly
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhano ahe
adjective echo
bookmarkhano de leebunga
run (of a color); fade (of a color)
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhedangisi
verb make a noise by scraping things together, e.g. the grinding sound of jaws
bookmarkhenua gee
foreign lands
bookmarkhevaalogi
the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhhanga
split open, open up, or separate, all at once.
bookmarkhidi bido dane
slow-moving or slow-working person
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhonumia
verb filled with
bookmarkhuaa me
noun coconut (for drinking)
bookmarkkangi de maanadu
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarklabua
verb knead thoroughly
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarklanea
adjective much,plenty
bookmarklango beau
verb a method of lashing the outrigger float to the outrigger struts
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarkllava
verb
finished
lludu
verb take all (of something)
bookmarklua-laangi
time noun tuesday (’second day’)
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmagi i de makama
menstruation
bookmarkmai
verb arrive
bookmarkmalaangahu
noun feast held for a newly launched canoe
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmilosanga
the way in which a current flows
bookmarkmoe iho
adjective sleep for a short time, nap; sleep overnight in place other than one’s usual sleeping place
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkmulo
verb rollup
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarknau
noun plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)
bookmarkngauda
inland of; landlubber
bookmarknohoa
verb occupied
bookmarknoobiho
adjective be enemies (of individuals only)
bookmarksaga gi daha
saga away from; extend out in space
bookmarktabuvae
noun toe
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