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aadea moana
adjective unobstructed
bookmarkaalo
verb come by paddling
bookmarkaasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkbae
verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)
bookmarkbau
adjective to be worth it
bookmarkbono aasanga
adjective a method of fishing (by blocking the channel at high tide)
bookmarkbualeu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdaalinga
noun an area near the flowering part of a coconut tree (where birds perch)
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdala
verb tell, say to, relate
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdau
noun chant (ancient)
bookmarkdee beaha
all rightit’s nothing
bookmarkdelaa muhuu
how about that one there
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
dogoisi loo huu
very few
bookmarkdoluu
pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)
bookmarkdoo de --
transfer of a string figure from hand to hand
bookmarkdoo de gai me
miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)
bookmarkdoo de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
bad-mannered
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkduusaba
noun a type of musical instrument (a stretched palm leaf jiggled while blown against)
bookmarkga-hudi
banana
bookmarkgai ngole
verb wasteful,improvident
bookmarkgalavagu
noun spongesp.
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgammenge-olomanga
noun mollusksp.: thais armigera
bookmarkgili hano
verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk
bookmarkgili langi
verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)
bookmarkhaa leu
noun a leaf which has turned yellowish-brown
bookmarkhagaava
verb relieve
bookmarkhagabasa
verb cause someone to speak; convince
bookmarkhagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadegelia
verb
hagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai
verb do
bookmarkhakaa tuai
adjective to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkhonu kadi
adjective filled up completely (with solids); full up (and tightly packed)
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huuhuli
verb
ili luu bongaa usu
ise-ngaio
needlefish
bookmarklaa tua
besides
bookmarklaangai buusagi
noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklamu
verb do some bad deed suddenly or by surprise
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklaulau
lengi
adjective bloated, inflated, swollen up, bulging
bookmarkllava
verb
finished
lodo basa
adjective talkative
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarklou gulu
adjective pick breadfruit
bookmarkmaanetonu
adjective act cautiously
bookmarkmadaaolo
noun capital of
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanuhi
adjective hemorrhage
bookmarkme hagadaahao
noun toy
bookmarkme ssalu lau
a scraper for leaves
bookmarkmouli
adjective living, alive; life; life-style; that on which life seems to depend (e.g., favorite food or activity); life-principle (spirit, soul, etc.)
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarknoho lalo
adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)
bookmarkoga
verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick
bookmarksamua
verb slandered; to have been an object of gossip
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
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tahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
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vaga
noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship
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