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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkanu age
to dance below people
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkava
verb passage, channel
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbaalau
adjective sticky, greasy
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbau ange
capable of, be the equal of
bookmarkdaa de masavaa
time’s up it is time for...
bookmarkdaane e manege
noun a person who is capable at almost anything
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdaguu
noun axe
bookmarkdahia
verb
shave
dangada mai i daha
relatives by marriage or adoption, etc.
bookmarkdao
noun a method of calculating the relative maturity of coconuts by comparing the size of the upper (immature) ones on the tree with the lower (mature) ones; the second of a pair (e.g., dao dogai)
bookmarkdauaalo
verb steady paddling
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdaudonu
adjective if, in the case that; gentle, mild-mannered, soft-spoken
bookmarkdee daea donu
unexpectedly
bookmarkdogi hoda
noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like
bookmarkdohu ange
sufficient for
bookmarkdoi-lesi
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
dube
adjective movements perceived under the covers; the swarming of maggots in meat
bookmarkduiagi
verb fishing using a whole fish as bait
bookmarkduu lua
verb to have the strength or capacity of two persons; to take on two persons in a fight
bookmarkgaaui
verb a line (for retrieving) attached to a spear; assemble (something from parts) byfastening together; strap, harness
bookmarkgaaui
verb take (someone) along (with one) (esp.carrying, etc.)
bookmarkganava
noun plantsp.: treesp.: cordiatree(cordia subcordata lam.)
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaalo-malie
verb cause to become alomalie
bookmarkhagabidoa
verb be the last
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagaodi
verb end of (e.g., time)
bookmarkhagapago donu
fortunate result
bookmarkhagasau madangi
verb to be exposed to the wind
bookmarkhagatubu me
adjective exaggerate matters
bookmarkhagaui gee
avoid
bookmarkhagavogi
verb a whistle (made with the lips)
bookmarkhai dahi doo
trick someone
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhhola
verb hola at one time
bookmarkhhola mai saiolo
to allow the sail to fill with wind, holding on to the boom sheet (after luffing)
bookmarkhholu
verb bend
bookmarkhodo
noun the spine of the stingray
bookmarkhonua
verb filled with
bookmarkhua-ala
noun flower
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkiganibongi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkkaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarklalo ade
noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklau kohu
adjective
growing well (of plants)
llidi
dress up (esp. in new or very fancy clothes)
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarkllobo
verb to put something in something else
bookmarklongo
adjective hear, feel; news
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaalama
verb light (not dark),bright
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalino
verb calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkmana
supernatural power
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkngaoloa
verb noisy (irregular repeated sounds)
bookmarkngudu ai
act as an interpreter
bookmarksaa
a share of food (esp. for children)
bookmarksabala
adjective willing to
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarkseni
sleep
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarksomo haahine
adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man
bookmarktangada hai sauaa
magician, sorcerer
bookmarkteungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
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