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alaa ai
those only
bookmarkanaa ai
these (there) only
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaalanga uli
noun cast iron
bookmarkbaunga
noun worth, value
bookmarkboogia mai
be caught doing something wrong
bookmarkbuu
adjective be greasy
bookmarkdaabeduge
verb work seriously
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdaane mada duulanga
noun a person able to do things others cannot
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdamana
noun father (formal)
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdee daea donu
unexpectedly
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdilimangali
verb
to catch flying fish
dinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdonu gee
misunderstand
bookmarkdoo de gai me
miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)
bookmarke muni
verb hidden, be
bookmarkgaa lava
and then
bookmarkgaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective eat messily
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective exaggerate (esp. in storytelling)
bookmarkganae
noun fishsp.: mullet
bookmarkgau
noun grouping (of people)
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgubu madila
noun a joint of bamboo
bookmarkhaahaa
verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagabaangoa
verb causing prostration
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadonu
verb trust, believe; interpret; support as a witness
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagasenga
verb fool (someone),deceive,trick (someone)
bookmarkhai dubuna
adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild
bookmarkhai mainu
verb collect bait
bookmarkhai saulaba
adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhono
verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)
bookmarkhuna me
adjective a habitual thief
bookmarkivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkkadi ange
fastened on to (by being stuck in)
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkobu dango
adjective the splash of a small object (like a dango) hitting the water at high velocity
bookmarklatabagea
noun an ornament made of turtle shell
bookmarkllidi
dress up (esp. in new or very fancy clothes)
bookmarklongo
adjective hear, feel; news
bookmarkmada dotodo
verb an abrasion of the skin (red but not bleeding)
bookmarkmada galava
noun spear foreshaft
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmahedua
noun sneeze
bookmarkmahulu
noun wakefulness
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in direction),reversed,transposed
bookmarkmanu aabi
kite
bookmarkmanu de henua
noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)
bookmarkmanu vaaligi
noun insect (small)
bookmarkme tao
dye
bookmarkmee duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkmoeagi
verb do by stealth
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarkmuna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarknoho hhanga
adjective sit with one’s legs spread apart
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saunga
adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor
bookmarksausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarkse aha
what is it
bookmarksiba
verb move to one side (involuntarily) whilewalking
bookmarktaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for singular noun)
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