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adumodu
noun group of islets; atoll (collection of islets)
bookmarkasu
verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon
bookmarkbaalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbabu honga agau
noun fish sp., wrasse
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbopobo
adjective deteriorated
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbuudunga
noun pile of, group of
bookmarkdaane dagidahi
noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality
bookmarkdaane dau
noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)
bookmarkdaane ssili dala
special one,important one
bookmarkdaangahulu dala buni
ten dollar bill
bookmarkdagodo be --
it seems that...
bookmarkdagodo lalo
adjective seriously ill and not improving
bookmarkdagua-bodo
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdahido mada
noun inner corner of the eye
bookmarkdai hiigai
adjective hungry
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
bookmarkdaihadu
verb hardwood in the tree trunk
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdama daane
noun sons
bookmarkdama donu
noun a natural child
bookmarkdilo gaiaa
verb sneak a look
bookmarkduge
noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu
bookmarkdugi
verb scare away,chase away
bookmarkgabaea
to hang oneself
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
bookmarkgamedi
noun
gegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkgina
noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkhaa-laangi
time noun
thursday
hadu-i-de-ssala
noun
coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral
hagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaala
verb make mat sections
bookmarkhagaava
verb make a channel
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaheohi
verb to correct (someone or something)
bookmarkhagamabulia
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhai aoa ina
bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkhai me mule me
habitually slow or late
bookmarkhakoloa
verb provide goloa for; support(someone, with material things)
bookmarkhale hai niho
dentist’s office
bookmarkhedangisi
verb make a noise by scraping things together, e.g. the grinding sound of jaws
bookmarkladi
verb initiate, begin, start
bookmarklagi
noun pertaining to the open sea
bookmarklligi
adjective
fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small
lodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadalua maa ono
number twenty six
bookmarkmadaniiga
verb ingrown callus
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagi sali usu
headcold,runny nose
bookmarkmaholadage
adjective be holadage
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmanava bodo
adjective shortness of breath
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmatoloia
noun a type of prepared food (made from dried breadfruit)
bookmarkme mmilo
noun current (in the sea)
bookmarkmmoa gango
adjective burned food which has been overcooked
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkngani mai
ngani toward oneself; fit (of clothes)
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarknguu
squid
bookmarknoodalo
duplicate
bookmarkolaa
adjective a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkpelaini
verb to fry
bookmarksala
noun mistake,error,accident
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksiba
noun fishsp. (small flying fish)
bookmarktahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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