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aasii
noun drum (native)
bookmarkalamooi
noun june
bookmarkanaa muhuu
how about those
bookmarkanei ange maalie
these are exactly right
bookmarkbaa iho
adjective low (in altitude)
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkboli
verb take special care of
bookmarkboolonga
noun testament
bookmarkdaangahulu dala buni
ten dollar bill
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdai hiigai
adjective hungry
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdangada lo te gohu
noun unenlightened person
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdatada de galomada
twitching of an eye
bookmarkdaumaha daamada
noun the morning prayer service (before the major church service)
bookmarkdee vaagidee
adjective ugly, awful; extremely disappointing
bookmarkdelaa tee madea
hard to tellapart from; resemble closely
bookmarkdoolohi
verb chase,run after
bookmarkduge
noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu
bookmarkduuli lua
verb a method of throwing one’s opponent inwrestling
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgai modo
verb eat when still unripe
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective eat messily
bookmarkgaiaa
verb steal, dishonest, cheat; to ask or accept too readily
bookmarkgalo saele
adjective look around (moving one’s body about)
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkganimuli
noun the second child of a couple
bookmarkgasigi
noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)
bookmarkgava uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgave ala
a method of planting mats
bookmarkgolo me
adjective unforgiving
bookmarkgubu vae
foot, ankle
bookmarkhadu lalo
noun a stone on which hermit crabs are crushed (to use for bait)
bookmarkhagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagammidi
verb suction of a sea current, undertow
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagapilo
verb let decay; allow to stink
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work
bookmarkhai galauna
adjective fish with the galauna net
bookmarkhai mainu
verb collect bait
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhaoli
verb cover up
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhhedu
verb fold up (several folds), roll up
bookmarkhidi
verb
to topple over
huaamee mugamuga
hulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkimu-uli
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkkaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklaangaa
verb to plait completely
bookmarklatabagea
noun an ornament made of turtle shell
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
lili baasi gee
accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmadaangahulu
numeral ten (objects)
bookmarkmadalama
noun tip of coconut palm leaf
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmahedua
noun sneeze
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
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manuia
adjective fortunate,lucky,blessed
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarknngahu
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksisi gaadinga
to cut copra
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu bodu
noun brother in law
bookmarktili aalanga
exhausted (physically or mentally); discouraged; completely relaxed
bookmarkuuvae
feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth
bookmarkvalaai hagasili lodo
a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion
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