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agilau gee
extremely pugnacious
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkasu
verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon
bookmarkbaalasi saele
shine a flashlight indiscriminately on people
bookmarkbadai
adjective meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbadii
noun fish sp., scad?
bookmarkbalu
verb to bring one’s hands and arms (or wings) down or back once (as in waving, swimming, or the flapping of a bird’s wings)
bookmarkbini dali gadaha
a method of braiding dali into string to make a bird snare; six-ply braiding (of rope)
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkbungadogi
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkdaabasi
verb angling for tuna
bookmarkdaahanga
verb fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkdaahili dau soa
a lovesong
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdahea
adjective
drift
dai deai
hardly any
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine (extending from a fish, etc.)
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dangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdao o gasoni
noun
a type of a cloud formation
daubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdeaamonga
noun
dee hanga
adjective
don’t move away from the reef
diinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkduu modu
vertical cut
bookmarkduuli
verb surround
bookmarkgabi saele
adjective carry around holding
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgai lima dahi
to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgano dea
noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgapese
a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgoloa o taane
male genitalia
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhagabuni
verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadegelia
verb
hagadibalia
verb cause to tip to one side
bookmarkhagadinoangahulu
verb make a total of ten people
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagamanavasaa
adjective risky,dangerous
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhaigabungi
adjective act strangely, act shyly
bookmarkhatuli
verb thunder
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencil urchin
bookmarkhodu
adjective sighted, appear
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkigohinga
noun way of using igohi
bookmarkkano maalama
noun a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklaosedi
noun seawater
bookmarklau maalie
verb neat-appearing hair or feathers
bookmarklau tulugi
a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava
bookmarklo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarkmaadau duiagi
noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmasagi
a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkmmaunga
noun way of memorizing, (way of havingmemorized)
bookmarkmmogo
verb insist upon
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmommomo
adjective a little at a time
bookmarkmusu
verb whispering
bookmarkngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarkngadi me
noun nothing,unimportant,useless,worthless
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksaavale
noun spit, saliva
bookmarksaulaba
noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law
bookmarkse gava
know (how to do something) well
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
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tegi kano
tickled
bookmarkvaiduu
lazy
bookmarkvasu ai
like it
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