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aasii
noun drum (native)
bookmarkabo sala
adjective mean (by nature), unkind
bookmarkalo-mea
adjective reddish color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkaloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkbaabuu
adjective
lie down
babaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbigi lima
adjective hold hands
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkbooiaa
adjective do something shameful (for shame)
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkbunaa
noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkbuuia
verb be struck with something shot out from something else
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdaga ula
verb go lobster catching
bookmarkdahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdai deai
hardly any
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdena
that
bookmarkdenei ai huu
this is it still
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkeligi
adjective
chief of the island ()
gadi
verb bite
bookmarkgage de henua
invade
bookmarkgahuduna
noun ridgepole cover
bookmarkgai modo
verb eat when still unripe
bookmarkgalabe
noun seacucumber sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgede hadu
noun
a type of basket
genu
verb a movement of the hips, as in the act of sexual intercourse
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhagaditidi vae dahi
hop on one foot
bookmarkhagahaibodu
verb wedding; perform a wedding
bookmarkhagamadua
verb act like a grown-up (when still a child)
bookmarkhagamoolaua
verb cause to hurry
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhagasoa
verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber
bookmarkhagasolo age
keep postponing or delaying
bookmarkhahine
woman
bookmarkhai mee
industrious
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhidu-laangi
time noun sunday (’seventh day’)
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhua
verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)
bookmarki dahi me
each, apiece
bookmarklaba
verb flash (as of lightning)
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarklango beau
verb a method of lashing the outrigger float to the outrigger struts
bookmarklaussoe
adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)
bookmarkluu panava
noun scrotum (whole thing)
bookmarkmaadau dae ssae
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmadannia
noun finger
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmanu lauligi
maohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmmau gava
adjective known by heart, memorized, know (how to do something) well
bookmarkmogo
noun coconutapple (young and edible)
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarknnui
adjective
large
oa
noun gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkonodaa
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarksaaluanga
noun a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksaavale ina
fish or meat which is watery in textureand bad-tasting
bookmarksae mai
break through the bush (toward one)
bookmarksaibo
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarksalani ange
just a little salani
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarksavini
verb run
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarkseni
sleep
bookmarksigi de hagahala
a technique of finishing a mat edge
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
tama legalega
infant
bookmarkuludino
shed skin (as reptiles do)
bookmarkvvede
to massage
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