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abongi
adjective capsize
bookmarkbaieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkbiigia
verb be stuck to completely
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbuge
noun a bump on a tree trunk
bookmarkbuu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaa
verb
to make a sharp turn
daa de alelo
cluck one’s tongue
bookmarkdaemahadia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdama ssala
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdanu de laa
the setting of the sun
bookmarkdee abo
uncomfortable (esp. socially)
bookmarkdiibanga o de henua
the categories of ancient custom
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdogi hoda
noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like
bookmarkdogoisi mai
adjective decreasing (in number)
bookmarkdua duiagi
noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgabanibaonga
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgubu vae
foot, ankle
bookmarkhaangoda dua beau
noun a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhaangoda mada aasanga
to fish for labelabe
bookmarkhaau
verb suckle (at the breast)
bookmarkhagabulumau
adjective watch your step climbing
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagadilimangali
verb to teach someone to dilimangali
bookmarkhagadinoangahulu
verb make a total of ten people
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagahonu
verb fill up; to fully realize one’s potential (for happiness, etc.)
bookmarkhagamao lalo
verb humble,modest
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagi
verb pick (fruit) by grabbing and twisting off
bookmarkhai dahi doo
trick someone
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhonu-uda
noun insectsp. (small and turtle-like)
bookmarkhulidonu
adjective rightsideout (clothes)
bookmarkhulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarkkano mouli
noun fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarkkobu
adjective splash (once)
bookmarklaso
noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklodo kabi
verb filled to capacity
bookmarkluu au
pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmagi i de malama
menstruation
bookmarkmalingi
adjective spilled, poured out
bookmarkmalino
verb calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkmalo gahu
adjective shirt
bookmarkmanava duuia
adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu-a-luga
noun insectsp.: fruitfly
bookmarkmanu-manga-lua
noun insectsp.: scorpion
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmatili mai
remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers
bookmarkme ssongo aha
useless thing
bookmarkmmule
adjective slow,late
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmoebili
adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime
bookmarkmoni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkngadi ubu
noun an empty coconut shell used as a container
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngauda
inland of; landlubber
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarknngaolia
verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarknoho lalo
adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)
bookmarkono-samono
time noun the sixth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarkse agoo
adept at
bookmarkse gava
know (how to do something) well
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
tubuna daane
noun grandfather
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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