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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkaamua ange
higher
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkanei maa
these were about (approximately)
bookmarkaoa-laosedi
noun gorgonian (coelenterate), false blackcoral
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkboo hagadanu malama
the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkbuu ili
dae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdagodo lalo
adjective seriously ill and not improving
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdamadanga
noun origin, source
bookmarkdangolia
verb grabbed, fallen upon
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkduu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgaadu
verb give (colloquial)
bookmarkgabidia
verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)
bookmarkgadoi
verb
a type of coconut with an edible husk
gai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgasia
verb worthwhile,important,valuable
bookmarkgavange
adjective
give or bring to (someone)
gave lodo
adjective attract attention
bookmarkgidee mai
found out (or be found out)
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgini manu
verb pick flowers
bookmarkguanga
noun a type of basket
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagadalabaimanugadele
verb
hagadama
verb treat as a child
bookmarkhagadau hai me ai
use jointly or collectively
bookmarkhagadogoisi
verb reduce in number, make fewer
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagamalo
verb provide clothes for
bookmarkhagatugu tai
ebbing of tide
bookmarkhai daahili
adjective to compose songs
bookmarkhai huaame
punctilious, be particular
bookmarkhai maa
adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhai me a leangi
bad-mannered
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhemuu
adjective talk to one another
bookmarkhhagi
verb make a sharp turn; hagi at one time
bookmarkhonumia
verb filled with
bookmarkhuaahenua
noun community
bookmarkidi
verb to husk (a coconut) with one’s teeth
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
iviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaangai milo sanga
a fishing condition in which fish arenot inclined to bite
bookmarklaangai ngadi moana
a fishing condition in which tuna arebiting, but do not appear in schools
bookmarklenga
noun a preparation made from ango and doidoi (q.v.)
bookmarkloomai
adjective
come or go (toward the speaker)
lua-laangi
time noun tuesday (’second day’)
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaavae
adjective separated (two things),divorced
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmage
mago
adjective bad weather (high wind or rain, or rough seas)
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkme ne modu
decision
bookmarkmele
verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech
bookmarkmmudi
adjective sprinkling (of rain)
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmodu mai (adu, ange)
become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarknguu
noun squid (3 types)
bookmarkniho
noun tooth, teeth
bookmarknngao dalinga
adjective hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkoo
pronoun your (singular; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksigale
scull (a boat)
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
sula
verb arrive
bookmarkuli
adjective black
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