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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkaboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkalohi vae
noun sole (of foot)
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbakau dahi de manu
not to go fishing when other groups are going
bookmarkbinga
adjective be named, be called; regarded as
bookmarkdahinga
noun way of shaving
bookmarkdala
adjective
tame
danuaa ai loo
well, ok (this time, but next timewatch it)
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdee heloongoi
adjective misunderstand one another; mismated (not matched properly); not fit; not able to get along with
bookmarkdee kai laa dangada
so, it’s not so after all (just as we believed at first); no wonder
bookmarkdee kona
easily
bookmarkdili aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkdino boo
noun nights (2) when the full moon appears just after sunset
bookmarkdoe
adjective leftover, remain
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkga-hudi
noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree; banana (fruit)
bookmarkgahoo
verb wear
bookmarkgainanga
verb a person having special powers (occult powers, strength, status, or knowledge)
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkganaudogo
noun
an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat
gau
verb lymphnodes (enlarged)
bookmarkgavange
adjective
give or bring to (someone)
gave ua podo
gelu-hai-vaelo
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgiado manu
noun the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe
bookmarkgili hau
noun the inner bark of the hibiscus
bookmarkgona odi
adjective too much
bookmarkhadi bodo
noun breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhagaava
verb relieve
bookmarkhagabuulei
verb put a ring on (someone)
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagailangi
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagailoo
verb announce
bookmarkhagaioo
verb cause to give
bookmarkhagammidi
verb suction of a sea current, undertow
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagasula tangada
adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position
bookmarkhai de ama
to have a spouse
bookmarkholi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkhono
verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)
bookmarkhuna
verb
hide
igauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkona odi
too much
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklao
noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarkmaadau mangoo
noun a type of fishhook (for sharks)
bookmarkmaailaba
noun September
bookmarkmaanegabo
energetic
bookmarkmaga tau hoe
to paddle (a canoe) vigorously
bookmarkmagau de lima
a paralyzed arm
bookmarkmaholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmanugia
adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water
bookmarkmasavaa
noun time
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmui
verb gathered around (something)
bookmarkmuu
adjective utter (words or sounds), reply (tosomeone)
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarkngadi hanonga
noun a useless journey
bookmarkni aha
what are these
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarknoodalo
verb duplicate
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarkpaa i tua tinae
have an empty stomach
bookmarkpuugunga
noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances
bookmarksaga gi daha
saga away from; extend out in space
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksaniba
silversides
bookmarkse hia
just how many
bookmarkse ungaa husi gee
do something different from thatwhich was intended
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarktao o de me holu
noun arrow
bookmarktigo
defecate
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