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aalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkaalo dahi
verb do at one time
bookmarkabi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkalaa sili
those there were enough
bookmarkbasa baubau
verb speak badly of someone
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbiigonga
noun a curve, way of being bent
bookmarkbolengia
verb do something without reflection
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkbugu
noun mons veneris
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdaa hhali
verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdangada lo te gohu
noun unenlightened person
bookmarkdangage
verb raise one’s head up or back
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdau laohie
verb dry season
bookmarkdee masae de leo
lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdinihu
verb industrious, hardworking
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdoolonga
noun a track left by a crawling thing
bookmarkduiaanga
noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object
bookmarkduunga gima
noun half of a clam shell
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgamedi
noun
gano
noun flesh of,meat of
bookmarkgava-dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgiado manu
noun the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe
bookmarkgolomagi
verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)
bookmarkgu dee galemu
recovering from an illness (getting better)
bookmarkgu malaia donu
to have been lucky
bookmarkhadugolaa
any stone of volcanic origin [imported from volcanic islands].
bookmarkhagaahi
verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething
bookmarkhagadai
verb furnish salt to
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagalloba ange
verb to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe).
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hai gaavenga
adjective restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai me dogaa
behave with embarrassment or shyness
bookmarkhale haahine
noun a house of prostitution
bookmarkhoe
noun a canoepaddle
bookmarkhoo senga
adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkigauli
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
bookmarkkaa
adjective a type of sound, made to attract birds
bookmarkkosi
noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.
bookmarklao
noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarkluu duu
noun covers (of books), two halves
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmagaahi
noun embers
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagulu
adjective defeated
bookmarkmalau age
free of hardship (after having had it)
bookmarkmanavanava gimoo
adjective panting (as when short of breath)
bookmarkmanu-ligi
verb lice (immature); louse (immature)
bookmarkmanu-mmala
noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)
bookmarkmaseu
adjective to scatter (when in a group)
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmmade gimoo
adjective to die in great numbers
bookmarkmmea be se gaagose
redhot (literally)
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoele
a lie
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarkniho
noun tooth, teeth
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarkpalo
noun a watery area extending into a land area (e.g., a bay)
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksaalua
verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarksolo
to grate or file something; to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food made from grated taro
bookmarktahi-malama
noun January (’first month’)
bookmarktangada hai me dabu
cult priest
bookmarktegi kano
tickled
bookmarkubu
noun cup
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