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abongi
adjective capsize
bookmarkava
verb passage, channel
bookmarkbangulu
noun a part of a traditional loom
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkdaatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdango
verb grab (in order to restrain, e.g., a person), fall upon
bookmarkdaubasa
a great many
bookmarkdeengaa gamalie
adjective let’s do it attentively
bookmarkdenaa ai huu
that is it then
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdenei maa
this is about (approximately)
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkdoha
verb to spreadout (something)
bookmarkdonu gee
misunderstand
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continue upon
bookmarkea gi lunga
to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)
bookmarkgabou
noun fishsp.: scad
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgalamata
noun eye
bookmarkgalo hagalegunga
adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkgamedi
noun
gau henua gee
foreigners (lit., ’people from other lands’)
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaao
verb cause to be sufficient
bookmarkhagaau
verb to create an ocean current
bookmarkhagadahea
verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagalloba ange
to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagaoda tugi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and grated coconut)
bookmarkhagasiilangaa mada
noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)
bookmarkhagasoa ange
go along with others,join the crowd
bookmarkhagatulu mai
verb ooze out
bookmarkhale hagao me
store
bookmarkhedangisi
verb make a noise by scraping things together, e.g. the grinding sound of jaws
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhhuge
verb open (something),uncover
bookmarkhologemo
adjective
huluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarkkave gi de mahi
obtain by force
bookmarkkena
adjective pale; whitish-yellow
bookmarklaa ange
and those there
bookmarklaangai sahole
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
libo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarkllobo
verb to put something in something else
bookmarklodo mao lunga
characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit
bookmarkloongia
verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food
bookmarklou
verb a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick (breadfruit), pull down
bookmarkmada gi daha
adjective having the point bent outward (away from its handle)
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmagini
a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkmodu gee
cut away from; separated from
bookmarkmuaamoni
noun a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarknau
noun plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)
bookmarkngudu aahua
noun islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarkngudu leidi
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkngudula
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarkobe
noun eye of the taro corm
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksala
noun mistake,error,accident
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksangatai
mollusk, Spondylus
bookmarksavaa
adjective soon (will happen)
bookmarkse mouli dangada
rascal
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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