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aahee nei
then what (immediate future)
bookmarkabasasa
noun European
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkalahenua
noun plot of (bush) land, acreage
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbabu daaea
noun fish sp., snapper
bookmarkbasa gelo
speak sagely
bookmarkbau
adjective to be worth it
bookmarkbei
adjective be like, be the same as
bookmarkdaahaa
daakodo
adjective
be in place
dahea
adjective
drift
dama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdama naale
noun a talkative, deceitful person
bookmarkdau gadea
noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)
bookmarkdau honu
noun the season during which tides are highest
bookmarkdau masa
noun the season during which tides are lowest
bookmarkdauaabulu
verb nearly sunk
bookmarkdaula mada lau nui
noun a rope for tying palm fronds together to make a belubelu seine
bookmarkdelaa ai laa
that there was it
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdoonga
noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)
bookmarkdua gi lunga
thicker (line or rope, etc.)
bookmarkdua pada
adjective to plait with thick strands
bookmarkduasala
adjective hardship,difficulty
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgabola
verb flatten out something mushy
bookmarkgagu
well-mannered
bookmarkgasa
adjective run aground
bookmarkgida ma gida
each individual...
bookmarkgoai ne siilia
who asked you
gogoo
adjective
gu soe donu
unmistakably, for certain
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhagaahi
verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagadogoisi
verb reduce in number, make fewer
bookmarkhagadoopeva
verb playatrickon
bookmarkhagaduu gaiaa
adjective suspicious by nature
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagamoolau
verb hurry, rush
bookmarkhagamuliagi
verb cause to be last
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhai me dogaa
behave with embarrassment or shyness
bookmarkhhuda
adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time
bookmarkhuaahuu daalo
noun a type of prepared food (like huaahuu, with the addition of bananas or something else sweet)
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
iainei donu
right now
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarkkeeligi
verb put away against a contingency; take precautions
bookmarkkii
adjective win,overcome
bookmarkkii ange
verb increase
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklava ai donu huu
forget it
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklludu
verb take all (of something)
bookmarklou gulu
adjective pick breadfruit
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaalisa
noun an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkmada mmea
dark red
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkme osi
noun a coconuttree seedling
bookmarkmmea be se gaagose
redhot (literally)
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarknamu
noun mosquito
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarknguu
squid
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarkosi
a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksseu
push violently
bookmarkua dea
white-throated frigate bird
bookmarkunahi
scale (of a fish)
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