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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkbaa sege
adjective carom off
bookmarkbaalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbanuunu
baulia
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkbedage
verb shallow (bowl, basket, etc.)
bookmarkboolonga
noun testament
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkdaa de masavaa
time’s up it is time for...
bookmarkdaalinga
noun an area near the flowering part of the coconut tree (where birds perch)
bookmarkdagodo adu
appear there (from here)
bookmarkdalaehala
verb pricked
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdanea
verb to have dane
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdavage
noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)
bookmarkdee masae de leo
lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)
bookmarkdehui
noun
tens of coconuts
doli iho
adjective to obtain the biggest first
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkdoo dai
appearing from lagoonward; to come from lagoonward; wind direction from the west
bookmarkdudu de niho
a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgaaui
verb a line (for retrieving) attached to a spear; assemble (something from parts) byfastening together; strap, harness
bookmarkgagu
adjective well-mannered
bookmarkgave ala
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkgavia
noun crazy person; insane person
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgoloa labagau
noun carpenter’s tools
bookmarkhaadenga
noun measurement
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagadaemaha
verb put weight on, make unhappy
bookmarkhagadau doo
verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamouli
verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)
bookmarkhagamuli
verb be late, tarry
bookmarkhagamuliagi
verb cause to be last
bookmarkhagasehua
verb to make a total of 1000 coconuts
bookmarkhai hua laa
do indifferently
bookmarkhai me daahea
search for driftwood or other beachedobjects
bookmarkhakai-a-bagila
noun mollusksp.: cerithiidae spp.
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhiidagi
verb
hoa lalo
noun anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone
bookmarkhulidonu
adjective rightsideout (clothes)
bookmarkhunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkeeligi
verb put away against a contingency; take precautions
bookmarkkii adu
get out
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklau ngago
noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarklleu luu mada
swelling of the eyes (after crying)
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarklodo me muimui
in the bush (uncleared area)
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkma de hia e doe
a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object
bookmarkmaailaba
noun axis (or long thing through the center of something)
bookmarkmaakau loo dangada
now we’re in trouble
bookmarkmaanetonu
adjective act cautiously
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmaduilau
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmae
adjective
withered;
malui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmanu ina
adjective <= manua>
bookmarkmasole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkmasugi
adjective having a hole, pierced
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
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moosugia
verb ripened unevenly (of breadfruit only)
bookmarknabe
verb to hook under the waistband or belt
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarknguu
noun squid (3 types)
bookmarknoho ai
occupy or live in (a place)
bookmarksaelea
verb walked upon
bookmarksangatai
mollusk, Spondylus
bookmarkse aha goe
you’re a nobody
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarksenga maido
adjective stupidly unafraid of danger (likemaido)
bookmarksoe mai
decided for one by the will of god
bookmarktolu-laangi
Wednesday (’third day’)
bookmarktubuna daane
noun grandfather
bookmarkua
noun neck
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