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anga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkanumia
verb bobbing in the water
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkboda
verb straggly (hair or feathers)
bookmarkbonaa ua
noun the sheath of the turtle’s neck
bookmarkboo dolu de gulu
the third day after breadfruit has been picked (after which it is not good to eat)
bookmarkbulu giidagi
noun a type of caulking compound, made from bulu and sap
bookmarkdaaligidanga
noun the slope of a canoe’s keel
bookmarkdaane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdaane mada duulanga
noun a person able to do things others cannot
bookmarkdaballahi
adjective
thin (of long flat object)
dagoobala
verb fall on something and smash it
bookmarkdagu age
say out loud
bookmarkdahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdalaa muna
noun word,phrase
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdelaa tee madea
hard to tellapart from; resemble closely
bookmarkdotonogaa
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgai me hagadau doa
eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgili hano
verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk
bookmarkgoli manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkgumi
noun a measurement: by tens of fathoms
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaangoda de lodo
to fish in the lagoon
bookmarkhaanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhadi bala
adjective to rely on others for the things one should provide for oneself
bookmarkhadu lunga
noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagabaangoa
verb causing prostration
bookmarkhagabela
verb provide bela for
bookmarkhagabiigia
verb to make sticky
bookmarkhagadaane
verb to act like a human
bookmarkhagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagaduumaa
verb add a portion
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamouli
verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)
bookmarkhagannamu age
eat a little of
bookmarkhagapasa
verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai gainga
adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound
bookmarkhhali
verb scoop up (of solids only)
bookmarkhulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarklaangai sahole
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklangi haanau
noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)
bookmarkleanga
noun bad person
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarkllie
noun the throat of the flying fish net
bookmarklligi
adjective
fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small
llingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmadalua maa dolu
number twenty three
bookmarkmaduupaa
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot (weather)
bookmarkmahulu
noun wakefulness
bookmarkmalua
noun female genital area
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmanuhi
adjective hemorrhage
bookmarkmassaa (ina)
verb despised by others
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
mmadu
noun fishsp.: mojarrafish (= small sugimanga)
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoosee
verb not quite cooked (of anything but fish)
bookmarknengenenge
ngaolo
adjective to make noise (irregular repeated sounds)
bookmarknoho maadai
adjective sit quietly
bookmarkodaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpaa de hoa
happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)
bookmarkpai
verb a type of cloud formation like babaiangi
bookmarksaelea
verb walkedupon
bookmarksaugalo
verb stir
bookmarksavini gee
run away
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksoa hagaaloha
noun a good friend
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarkuhi daguu
turtle ribs, used as knives in rituals
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