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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkadiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbagekege
verb move jerkily (as when stumbling)
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbangadala
noun fish sp.: seabass
bookmarkbodu
noun spouse
bookmarkbopobo
adjective deteriorated
bookmarkbuu
noun bladder, balloon, ball; the head of the octopus; a net on a long handle; a conch shell trumpet; or any other round, hollow, inflatable object
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
daina ahine
noun sisters
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdamaa dogi
adjective skillful in the use of an adze
bookmarkdangada ssigo
noun clever person
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdauaalu
verb always borrowing or begging
bookmarkdauulu
verb verdant (indicating growing well)
bookmarkdenga daanunga
noun graves
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdoi
verb
stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps
duu uli
noun sea cucumber species
bookmarkgadoi
verb
a type of coconut with an edible husk
galeve
noun the sap of the coconut tree (taken from the inflorescence)
bookmarkgamu
verb coral (any kind)
bookmarkgaso
noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgave hua loa
gaveaa
verb
taken;
gidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgodi mai
adjective a certain type of manipulation inplaying with string figures
bookmarkgoohunga
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgubo
verb work with concentration in the midstof a group
bookmarkhagaaigoli
noun a food tree on another’s land
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to have been sufficient, relieve
bookmarkhagabaulia
verb figureout, determine
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagahala
a sleeping mat
bookmarkhagamabulia
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagatulu mai
verb ooze out
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhedaadoi
adjective collide
bookmarkholi
shape of, form of
bookmarkiloo iho
adjective realize, know
bookmarkkoi
verb scrape (a single act), scraper
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklie
noun lice eggs
bookmarkllava
verb
finished
loiho
adjective
go or come down (or toward the lagoon)
longo
adjective hear, feel; news
bookmarkloomosi
verb kill someone by holding him under the water until he is drowned
bookmarkluu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkma te
maanadu iho
adjective think about oneself
bookmarkmaanga booi
noun a fingerful of booi
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmadohi
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point
bookmarkmagi ilihia
adjective gastritis (having one’s stomach full of gas)
bookmarkmaholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmanenga
noun fishsp. (= a very large balagia, 3-4 feet long)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmasalaba
adjective clear (not opaque or blurred); shiny (translucent)
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkme mmilo
noun current (in the sea)
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkmuu-madagao
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkngadi laangi
noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished
bookmarkngalo
verb forget
bookmarknoho
verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarkpaa ono maahana
receive one’s punishment, suffer
bookmarksai
verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)
bookmarksala
noun mistake,error,accident
bookmarksalau
adjective inclined, slanting, not straight, not perpendicular to
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarkssee de hiigai
famished, ravenous
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkvaagia
found or caught doing something wrong
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