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abitala
noun eave (of a house)
bookmarkaboo
tonight
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkanaa huu
those only are the ones
bookmarkanei loo
these (here) are the ones
bookmarkbasa gee
speak (or express oneself) strangely
bookmarkboi a eidu
temporarily abnormal
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdao
noun a spear, branch of (part of)
bookmarkdau langi
verb rainy season
bookmarkdaubeemala
verb a method of braiding flower headdressesor necklaces made from manu-mala
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkde hine hagahaanau
midwife
bookmarkdii ange
a method of fishing in which the lure at the end of the pole is jerked to attract fish
bookmarkdoga
adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkeba
noun a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgadebega
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgaleve vii
noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkhagaava ange
lean on someone for support
bookmarkhagabido
verb
carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end
hagabudu me
adjective selfish
bookmarkhagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadaemahadia
verb put too much weight on
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put (someone) into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagalaagii
verb
decorate, adorn; ornament
hagamabu
verb rest, relax, quit (a job)
bookmarkhagaoda tugi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and grated coconut)
bookmarkhagaola
verb save from
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhagasaulaba
verb treat as saulaba
bookmarkhagi me
adjective pick coconuts
bookmarkhaingaa me
noun work requiring a large work force
bookmarkhainoo
verb
permitted,open to the public,secular
hakide gauligi
adjective spoil children
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhale nnoa
noun prison,jail
bookmarkhausanga
noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole
bookmarkhua gulu
noun breadfruit (singular)
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkhudi
noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree
bookmarkhulo saaele
verb wander around
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarkliagi
verb dump, throwout (discard)
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maanessala
adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else
bookmarkmaangoa
adjective to be dry
bookmarkmada agamu
noun the essential design features of tuai
bookmarkmada-galisi
the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadaa hadu
noun grater (metal) attached to a board forgrating taro
bookmarkmadannia madua
noun thumb
bookmarkmaege
verb raised up
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanenga
noun fishsp. (= a very large balagia, 3-4 feet long)
bookmarkmanu aabi
noun kite
bookmarkmanuhi
adjective hemorrhage
bookmarkmau ange huu
usually
bookmarkme aha ai
what for
bookmarkme vae
noun shoes,slippers
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, byandby
bookmarkmuna madua
noun words used only by elders (which are not normally part of a child’s vocabulary)
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarknaba
adjective a slip of the tongue
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkodi mai (adu, ange)
all (e.g., have come)
bookmarkomada
noun eye region (including eyes, eyelids, eyebrows)
bookmarkoomea
adjective afternoon (late)
bookmarkpale age (iho)
steer toward (away from) land
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
sabalia
verb be in a situation in which saba1
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarkseguli
numeral hundreds of thousands
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarksua aaleloi
a wrestling maneuver
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