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alaa ange naa
about that
alaa naa loo
those there seem to be
bookmarkaladi
verb initiate, begin
bookmarkanga dogi
noun mollusk sp., Cerithiidae
bookmarkangia
verb blow away, cause to move (in the water)
bookmarkboo adu laa
day after tomorrow at night
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdagodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
damaa dae
adjective skillful at catching flying fish
bookmarkdau gai
noun the season in which seasonally available food is abundant
bookmarkdaula mada lau nui
noun a rope for tying palm fronds together to make a belubelu seine
bookmarkdee ni dago
never mind
bookmarkdelaa sili
that there is enough
bookmarkdili dagidahi
happening continually but one at a time
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdoluu
pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)
bookmarkdoo ngaage
adjective south wind
bookmarkdube
adjective movements perceived under the covers; the swarming of maggots in meat
bookmarkdugi
verb scare away,chase away
bookmarkduu gaso
adjective vertical,straight up and down
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkgadinibidi
a type of fishook made from pearl shell
bookmarkgadiou
gaha
noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgiado
outrigger boom
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
haanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagaau gee
bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid
bookmarkhagabala
verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)
bookmarkhagadanuaa
verb make good, lead a good life
bookmarkhagadige de madaangudu
a prolonged conversation (on subjects of little importance)
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagahonu
verb fill up; to fully realize one’s potential (for happiness, etc.)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagammahi
verb persevere, try hard to
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhagatulu mai
ooze out
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhai mee
industrious
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhhali
verb scoop up (of solids only)
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmark
ihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkkanosaa
adjective a tasteless tuber of poor quality
bookmarkkosi
verb to scratch (once)
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklaalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarkloimada
noun tears
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkmaalioso
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaangalo
verb sweet
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmadala mai
get free, be loose; in bloom
bookmarkmadalua maa dahi
number twenty one
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanava i lunga
manihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarknau
noun plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)
bookmarkngadoa
verb to have ngado
bookmarkoda
noun grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed
bookmarkpaa
adjective explode,burst
bookmarksahudu
noun fishsp.: seabass
bookmarksalaa
noun fishsp.: flyingfish
bookmarksili gee
standout from (others in a group) indistance or height
bookmarksingano
the flower of a pandanus tree
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
bookmarkssae
verb rip, tear, deflower (a virgin)
bookmarkssaga bau
unumanga
drinking party
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