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aha laa
I wonder why
bookmarkahe ina
wind around completely once
bookmarkalukaba
verb leave quickly (usually under duress)
bookmarkanengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkaovaa
noun hour
bookmarkau hagi
verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef
bookmarkbaasi madau
adjective right side, right-handed
bookmarkbane
noun the flat top of the shark’s snout
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkbunaa hoe
noun an eddy left by a paddle stroke
bookmarkbunei
noun fish sp.: batfish
bookmarkbuu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
daasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdaemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdao huge
verb to open an earth oven as soon as the food is cooked
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
denga hhuge --
upward current
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarkelunga
noun top of, the position over (something)
bookmarkgage gaahanga
verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga
bookmarkgaha biigi
noun a rope for tying pigs
bookmarkgai de baibu
smoke cigarettes
bookmarkgaleve sali
noun a coconut tree which produces much galeve
bookmarkgaligi
adjective covered all over with
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkgau hadu
noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgeesaama
noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)
bookmarkgili hau
noun the inner bark of the hibiscus
bookmarkgoede
noun octopus
bookmarkgoloa hai umu
noun implements and supplies needed in connection with use of the earth oven
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagadogoisi
verb reduce in number, make fewer
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadubu o manu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahaanau
verb to help to deliver a child (as a midwife does)
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagapago donu
adjective fortunate result
bookmarkhagatanu iho
adjective take a nap
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhai taelodo
adjective obtain something in great number
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhausanga
noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhhui mai tai
flow of the tide
bookmarki dai nei
Mortlock Islands
bookmarklaagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklaso paava
verb skinny (of people)
bookmarklava sili
adjective good enough; stop
bookmarkleba
verb flap in the wind (like a flag)
bookmarklodo daemaha
adjective feel unhappy or sad
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective happy
bookmarklodo kabi
verb filled to capacity
bookmarkmaalie loo
much later
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
maluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanu-ligi
verb lice (immature); louse (immature)
bookmarkmasi
verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe
bookmarkme duu
clitoris
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkmommomo
adjective a little at a time
bookmarkmoomuna
adjective fatty
bookmarkngaue
adjective move (oneself), moved
bookmarkobe
eye of thtaro corn
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksali
verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarkse agoo
adept at
bookmarksigale
verb scull (a boat)
bookmarksii tae
diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
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