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aausa ina
a sea condition resembling that resulting from a ship leaving a wake
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkbaa sala
adjective be clumsy (in physical contest)
bookmarkbalagula
adjective clumsy
bookmarkbido abongi
capsize eventually
bookmarkboo iho
adjective the following night
bookmarkboobua
noun dragonfly
bookmarkdaahanga
verb fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkdagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdagalia
verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdange
noun mollusksp.: giantclam (tridacnasquammosa)
bookmarkdao
noun a spear, branch of (part of)
bookmarkdau bodu
adjective married man or woman
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdaumaha de manu
noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears
bookmarkde hine dabeo
a menstruating woman
bookmarkdee modu
adjective continually
bookmarkdelaa maa
that there was about (approximately)
bookmarkdenaa ai laa
that was it
bookmarkdoi
verb
stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps
doluu
pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)
bookmarkdoo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkdoo tuugau
a dislocation of the tuugau
bookmarkduba
noun land crab sp. (small)
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food made from taro
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgana
bad person
bookmarkgede hadu
noun
a type of basket
gelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkgii talinga
tinnitus
bookmarkgolee bugaliaa
haahadi
verb
hada
hagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaboo
adjective greet; take leave of
bookmarkhagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put (someone) into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagadilimangali
verb to teach someone to dilimangali
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagasiva (ina)
verb make a total of nine
bookmarkhagasugi
verb shorten, abbreviate; abbreviation, acronym, nickname
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhakaadia
verb make tightly packed
bookmarkhanga-mea
noun
heboohagi mai
found fighting
bookmarkhegai
adjective eat ravenously
bookmarkhhoda
adjective gasp for breath (once)
bookmarkhhuge iho
adjective an opening in the clouds
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
honohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhulo saaele
verb wander around
bookmarkhungi
verb tricks of self-defense (some of which are like judo or karate)
bookmarkkave gi de mahi
obtain by force
bookmarklabua gee lodo
to have an upset stomach (being on the point of nausea)
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklave
adjective be caught on, stuck on
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarklua-laangi
time noun tuesday (’second day’)
bookmarkmada mmea
adjective dark red
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmahulu
noun wakefulness
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmoe dige
adjective to roll away from one’s bedding while sleeping (on the floor)
bookmarknevea
verb be neve
bookmarkngaage nei
gilbertislands
bookmarkngado
adjective come to the end or limit (of something)
bookmarkoaa
adjective a sound indicating disagreement ordispleasure; oh my gosh
bookmarkpala ivi
adjective work beyond one’s endurance
bookmarksaali
noun a type of rope (used for climbing breadfruit trees)
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksali ssavale
salivate
bookmarksauduu
noun mermaid
bookmarksavala
adjective interested in, enjoys
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thighbone
bookmarkssave
flying fish
bookmarksseni
tino boo
full moon (a period comprising two nights)
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity
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