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abadai
european
adaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkalo-mea
adjective reddish color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanei ai
these (here) only
bookmarkanei ange
and these (here)
bookmark
daabasi
verb angling for tuna
bookmarkdaane honu
noun a person of many accomplishments
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdama hodooligi
noun
children of the chief
dama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdao de laangi
celebrate
bookmarkdau gai
noun the season in which seasonally available food is abundant
bookmarkdegi ange
forgive (someone),pardon (someone)
bookmarkdenaa ai loo
that is it (which has been decided upon)
bookmarkdili dai
adjective any current flowing away from the atoll
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
doo de gai me
miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)
bookmarkdooa
verb planted
bookmarkdubuna aahine
noun grandmothers
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarke dee haalo
refuse to accept (something)
bookmarke galemu
it’s alright
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgai baalau
verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)
bookmarkgai de baibu
smoke cigarettes
bookmarkgai lima lua
eat greedily (with both hands)
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabidoa
verb be the last
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagahenua
verb give land to
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhagasau madangi
verb to be exposed to the wind
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhagi me
adjective pick coconuts
bookmarkhakide gee
spoil (a child)
bookmarkhakii adu
get out
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spirits into human form
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkheboohagi
adjective fight
bookmarkhegai
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkino gi mua
bend (one’s body) forward
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklau ligi
verb having small leaves
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkma de hia e doe
a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object
bookmarkmaanadu iho
adjective think about oneself
bookmarkmadangi
verb wind,gas,flatus
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagini
a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmalo lau manu
cloth with a flowered pattern
bookmarkmami
noun papaya; papaya tree
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanuia
adjective fortunate,lucky,blessed
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme gee
a coconut without any meat
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmmoli gee
haul away from
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarkoso
verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)
bookmarkpaa ono pagola
punished for his bad deeds
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarksaaliba
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarkse aha ga hai
it’s not possibledon’t worry about it (i don’t think so.)
bookmarksinga mai (adu, ange)
come carrying
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksivi
adjective giveup
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkvasu
timid, shy
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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