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anaa dagodo
those are the circumstances...
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkanga dogi
noun mollusk sp., Cerithiidae
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkau doga
noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary
bookmarkbaalasi ange
compete hard against (as in team sports)
bookmarkbahhaa
adjective to make a sound, like that of a turtle gasping for breath; the sound of air exhaled suddenly
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbei
adjective be like, be the same as
bookmarkbunei
noun fish sp.: batfish
bookmarkbuu unga
noun an empty seashell; one of (a pair of) diving goggles
bookmarkdaabeduge saele
adjective to bat around
bookmarkdae maduu
noun a method of pulling flying fish into the canoe with a hand net
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activities,religious activities
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdangau-laha
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdau age de inai
be in the lee of the atoll while fishing (i.e., in a place protected from the wind)
bookmarkdau de madangi
be hit by (usually a strong) wind
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdaumaha de manu
noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears
bookmarkde gai i mua
favorite food
bookmarkdeai ange soo laangi
i’ll get you
bookmarkdegi
verb to jerk; get something quickly
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdoi-giva
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
doo mai de malino
completely calm
bookmarkduasivi
noun the back of the spine
bookmarkduu de --
adjective having plenty of
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgai gi de mahi
eat as much as possible
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gaini
noun any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgasigi
noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)
bookmarkgili malanga
verb a type of skin disease
bookmarkhadi aho
adjective
hagaala
verb make mat sections
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadabanimeeli
verb to make payment for medical treatment
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagammae lodo
verb insult (someone)
bookmarkhagammidi
noun suction of a sea current, undertow.
bookmarkhagapilo
verb let decay; allow to stink
bookmarkhagasiva (ina)
verb make a total of nine
bookmarkhai de ingoo
make a good name for oneself (by one’singratiating behavior)
bookmarkhai hagadubu
adjective to fashion a string figure
bookmarkhai me balavini
to conduct oneself clumsily
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhai moni
adjective sailor
bookmarkhano ai huu
forever
bookmarkhaoli
verb cover up
bookmarkhedae
adjective meet up with; be even with each other
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkholo gumi
adjective
hua
verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)
bookmarkkeli
adjective root around (disturbing the coral layer of a yard by shuffling, or by pawing the ground)
bookmarkkii gee
move away from
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklodo bale
noun helpful (sort of person)
bookmarkmadohi
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point
bookmarkmagi hai dama
morningsickness (of pregnancy)
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot (weather)
bookmarkmalo gulu
barkcloth, made from the inner skin of the breadfruit
bookmarkmao lunga
high, high-ranking
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
mmulu
verb stroke,rub gently
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkmouli
verb to live; be alive
bookmarkmousi
adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)
bookmarkmuna pada
noun harsh words
bookmarkngae
noun head
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarksii tae
diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarkvaaligi
adjective small (for plural noun)
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