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adu laa
after tomorrow, the one after the next one
bookmarkaha laa
I wonder why
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkanei ange huu
this
augau
verb pus
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkbini dali gadaha
a method of braiding dali into string to make a bird snare; six-ply braiding (of rope)
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkdabeo
verb unclean,unkempt
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdaemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdango
verb grab (in order to restrain, e.g., a person), fall upon
bookmarkdatada de galomada
twitching of an eye
bookmarkdaubasa
a great many
bookmarkdee adahaia
very; very bad
bookmarkdogaa ange
feel shy in the presence of
bookmarkdoloinui
adjective
a hard lump inside a female’s stomach
dolona
verb flooded, washedout
bookmarkdube
adjective movements perceived under the covers; the swarming of maggots in meat
bookmarkdugu de laa
noun lower sail
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkduudae
noun feces
bookmarke galemu
it’s alright
bookmarkgaalau-ango
noun plantsp.: tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgahaalava
adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)
bookmarkgalo
verb stir
bookmarkgau bini baalanga
an iron rod
bookmarkgave ala
a method of planting mats
bookmarkgili dalo
noun hillock
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgoai ne siilia
who asked you
gohu de lodo
ignorant
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagailonga
noun fishsp. : damselfish
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhai aabi
having many rooms or sections
bookmarkhai donu
adjective
do properly by accident; do on purpose
hai gai
adjective prepared food; cook food
bookmarkhakino gee
filthy,disgusting
bookmarkhhagi gee
turn away from (to avoid),veer
bookmarkholi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkhua-dolo
noun plantsp.: vine (any sort)
bookmarkiloo me
charlatanism
bookmarkkano malie
adjective a tasty tuber of good quality
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarkkena
adjective pale; whitish-yellow
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklau manu
noun leaf of a plant
bookmarklava i de goloa
having many goloa
bookmarklebidi
noun birdsp.: whitetern
bookmarklengisi
noun insectsp.: moth spp.
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarkluei todo
adjective cough up blood
bookmarkmaamaadolu
adjective becoming more and more maadolu
bookmarkmada luu mada
noun in the presence of someone
bookmarkmadaa ua
noun drop (of liquid or rain)
bookmarkmadangi danuaa
noun fresh air
bookmarkmaga ahi
noun glowing embers (without a flame)
bookmarkmalo-ngiso
noun
driftwoodsp.
mangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu vaaligi
noun insect (small)
bookmarkme hagaodi
noun last one
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
molimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarkolo
noun an area in which sand has accumulated;beach, sandspit
bookmarkolonoa
sea cucumber
bookmarkpala de langi
verb rain
bookmarkpelaini
verb to fry
bookmarksiba
verb move to one side (involuntarily) whilewalking
bookmarksinga mai (adu, ange)
come carrying
bookmarksomo boi
grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarkssae aalanga
adjective sore in the muscles
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