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adudau
noun sandspit
bookmarkahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkanaa ange naa
about that
anaboo nei
tonight (past)
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkaoa
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: banyan tree (Ficus prolixa Forst.)
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbiigia
verb be stuck to completely
bookmarkboaa ina
adjective be caught in strong wind or heavy rain
bookmarkdagalia
verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare
bookmarkdangada ulu
noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well
bookmarkdanu de maasina
the setting of the moon
bookmarkdao de laangi
celebrate
bookmarkde hine ga haibodu
noun bride
bookmarkde ngago
noun brain
bookmarkdee daea donu
unexpectedly
bookmarkdenei ai
therefore (with respect to this here)
bookmarkdenei sili
this is enough
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell
bookmarkdoli de henua
to defeat all comers
bookmarkdonu
noun fishsp.: seabass (= small ava)
bookmarkdua pada
adjective to plait with thick strands
bookmarkdubua
noun a person of extraordinary ability
bookmarkdulagi ange
look like
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduu bale
verb not quite vertical
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
noun trapezeidcrab
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkganimago
noun mollusksp.: malea pomum
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkginogino
adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadubu mangoo
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadulagi
verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagamuli
verb be late, tarry
bookmarkhagaobe
verb cause to have obe
bookmarkhagaodea
the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagasiva (ina)
verb make a total of nine
bookmarkhagasoa ange
go along with others,join the crowd
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai de ingoo
make a good name for oneself (by one’singratiating behavior)
bookmarkhai madangi
adjective passwind (flatus)
bookmarkhai me gaiaa
to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)
bookmarkheui
verb question (something) carefully
bookmarkhevaalogi
the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkholo gumi
adjective
hono
verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarki dahi me
each, apiece
bookmarklabagau
adjective carpenter; skillful (at a craft); craftsman
bookmarklahilahi
adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarklodo laanui
adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkluu panava
noun scrotum (whole thing)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaanga booi
noun a fingerful of booi
bookmarkmadangi
noun storm
bookmarkmanu-a-madaligi
noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)
bookmarkme ne modu
decision
bookmarkmee saabini uga
reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19
bookmarkmilosanga
the way in which a current flows
bookmarkmoebili
adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarkngole iho
adjective to use the biggest first
bookmarkogo
verb pick up one at a time (by hand)
bookmarkono
numeral six
bookmarkovea
verb disheveled (as the chicken feathers on a much-used trolling lure)
bookmarkpala de langi
verb rain
bookmarksabalia
verb be in a situation in which saba1
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarksii tae
diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksou daane
noun a sudden strong gust of wind
bookmarktua
outside
bookmarkuaasei
a type of small knife
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