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aahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkaalo dahi
verb do at one time
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkaha goi
what next
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkalaa ai loo
those there then are
bookmarkanga gi lodo
adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbangi dua beau
a certain way of pinching with the fingers
bookmarkbangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbee
noun flatus, the sound of flatulence
bookmarkbini daubeemala
verb a method of making flower headdresses
bookmarkbouli
adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdanu bela
adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)
bookmarkdanuaa loo
ok (good)
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdaumada
verb stare at,observe closely
bookmarkde hine hagahaanau
midwife
bookmarkdenei au
it is i
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkdoo mua
adjective very
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkdua pada
adjective to plait with thick strands
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkgili dabeo
verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm
bookmarkgina
noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner
bookmarkhadi bodo
noun breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhagadai
verb furnish salt to
bookmarkhagadau doo
adjective to transfer a string figure from oneperson’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
verb to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagadinoangahulu
verb make a total of ten people
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagaholi
verb begin to form (something)
bookmarkhagahulu
verb make a total of ten
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagalloba ange
to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkhagamalo
verb provide clothes for
bookmarkhagammuni
verb hide (something) from
bookmarkhagasoa ange
go along with others,join the crowd
bookmarkhai aoa ina
verb bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkhai gainga
adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound
bookmarkhai me moolau
an habitually fast worker
bookmarkhano gee
go away
hanonga
noun trip1, journey
bookmarkhetugi
adjective meet by chance,encounter
bookmarkhhagi gee
turn away from (to avoid),veer
bookmarkhhanga dalogo
adjective to make dalogo
bookmarkhodooligi
adjective chief (of the island)
bookmarkhuaa bodu
noun family
bookmarkhulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkkala
adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.
bookmarkkumi
verb to squeeze by grabbing
bookmarkleanga
noun bad person
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
ma te duge
noun the point of a madaa duge
bookmarkmaadau gina
noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)
bookmarkmaahe
adjective decrease (in strength, rate of growth, etc.)
bookmarkmada-galisi
verb the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadalua maa ono
number twenty six
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmalau age
free of hardship (after having had it)
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmanu de henua
noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)
bookmarkmanuhi
noun hemorrhage
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkmoana dabeo
rough seas
bookmarkngadi ngavesi
noun an empty box
bookmarkngaue ange
increase (in price, etc.)
bookmarkoho age
the following morning
bookmarkono-samono
time noun the sixth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarksaba
verb capable (of a person)
bookmarksabeeloi
verb
wrap up (something) hastily
see
adjective cry aloud
bookmarksilivaahea
wander about with no fixed abode
bookmarktangaho
noun liver
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