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aabida
verb make a coil of dried pandanus leaves
bookmarkaalo
verb come by paddling
bookmarkadudau
noun sandspit
bookmarkago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbaasi madau
adjective right side, right-handed
bookmarkbe aha naa huu
whatever; if ever
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkbulubuludi
verb keep hugging
bookmarkdaane sauaa
noun a person of extraordinary ability; shark (euphemism)
bookmarkdagodo gee (ma)
another thing altogether;different (from); recuperating (after an illness)
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdai sagana iho goe
watchout
bookmarkdale pilo
verb a game (like tag), to leave something unfinished after having tried only slightly
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdango
verb grab (in order to restrain, e.g., a person), fall upon
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkde aha
which is it
bookmarkdeeai donu
positively no
bookmarkdeganoe
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdelaa donu
that there is it for sure
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkduudae nguu
noun the inky excretion of the squid
bookmarkgaadinga osi
a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgau lama
noun rachis of the coconut leaf
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgili langi
verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)
bookmarkgolee bukaliaa
goso
adjective bothered, annoyed
bookmarkguba-dee-gaina
noun fishsp.
bookmarkhaele
verb bringup (children), discipline (children)
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagadubu gi se --
verb transfigure into a --
bookmarkhagaduu ssaalanga
adjective search intently for
bookmarkhagamao lunga
verb arrogant,haughty,overbearing,proud
bookmarkhagasegedia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhagassahu
verb to try one’s best to do something bad or harmful
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work
bookmarkhai duu
verb to carry a baby about
bookmarkhai me hagamadia
behave in a more-or-less show-off manner
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhakino gee
filthy,disgusting
bookmarkhanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkhoolu
noun prow (bottom part)
bookmarkilihia ssave
adjective the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkio alo
noun lower io, q.v.
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklaohie
noun drought
bookmarklau de madila
a tuna of fair size
bookmarklo te
luu au
pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkluu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmagau donu i de lodo
want desperately
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmasagi
noun a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
muli moni
noun stern
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngadi laangi
noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkolaa
adjective a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkpilo bopobo
adjective musty smell
bookmarksaavale
verb spit,drool,sputum
bookmarksali ssaavale
adjective salivate
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
tainaahine
noun sister
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarktala
rough in texture (as perceived at one time)
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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