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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkabulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbese
noun one of the harmony parts in old chants
bookmarkbiigonga
noun a curve, way of being bent
bookmarkbini gaahanga
verb three-ply braiding (of rope)
bookmarkdaa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaahaa
daahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdaaia
verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdaemahadia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdama muli bee
noun the twelfth child born to a couple
bookmarkdama naale
noun a talkative, deceitful person
bookmarkdauulu
verb verdant (indicating growing well)
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkditidi
adjective to skim across the surface of land or water
bookmarkduadae
verb gullible, be a sucker
bookmarkduu baeao
noun piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkgai de henua
noun native food (not imported)
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkganimuli
noun the second child of a couple
bookmarkgannui mada makaga
gannui which is firm
bookmarkgavia
crazy person; insane person,
bookmarkgea
noun hawksbillturtle
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgede gabi de husi
noun
a type of basket
giivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkgili hau
noun the inner bark of the hibiscus
bookmarkgubenga
noun large net for fishing
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagaduulou
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagahhano
verb show someone how to wash his hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagalaangaa
verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagao ngaohie
adjective inexpensive
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagasoa ange
go along with others,join the crowd
bookmarkhagauda de hine
adjective a certain method of delivering a child
bookmarkhai gaavenga
verb restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai me mulegi
to showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhui hala
noun the fruit of the pandanus
bookmarkhuudanga
noun way of singing
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarklima-laangi
time noun friday (’fifth day’)
bookmarkloadu
adjective
go (toward the hearer)
maailaba
noun September
bookmarkmaangoa
adjective to be dry
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmagi dabeo
menstruation
bookmarkmalo haahine
noun dress
bookmarkmanu ea
noun coralhead (at or broaching the surface of the water)
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkme madaali
noun a ripe coconut (= gaadinga) of poor quality
bookmarkme pilo aha
what’s the point of doing this
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmuna hhadu
noun lie (falsehood)
bookmarkngadi basa
small talk; idle conversation
bookmarkodi iho
just finished
bookmarkpaa
adjective explode,burst
bookmarkpaa de mahedua
sneeze loudly
bookmarkpuli
verb grab up all at once
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
sae iho
adjective tear from the top down; break through the bush (coming downhill)
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarkSeedaa
October
bookmarksogoisi
adjective
songagi
noun a bad sort of person
bookmarkuadanga
an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship
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