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baa i de madangi
be hit (usually forcefully) by wind
bookmarkbaagia
verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap
bookmarkbalia
adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)
bookmarkbonaa ua
noun the sheath of the turtle’s neck
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdagalia
verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare
bookmarkdagodo be --
it seems that...
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdama adu hale
noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others
bookmarkdangada gohu
noun ignorant person
bookmarkdangalebu de moana
rough or choppy seas
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdee adahaia
very; very bad
bookmarkdinana
noun mother (formal)
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkgaahagi
adjective the useless tuber-like growths on the bie plant
bookmarkgahoo
verb wear
bookmarkgannui koi
noun gannui which has been scraped out of the shell to be eaten
bookmarkgasi
adjective jump up (with both feet leaving the ground)
bookmarkgavia
crazy person; insane person,
bookmarkgea
hawksbill turtle
bookmarkgiado manu
noun the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe
bookmarkgili hau
noun the inner bark of the hibiscus
bookmarkgini manu
verb pick flowers
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgolomagi
verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhagabala
verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)
bookmarkhagabaulia
verb figureout, determine
bookmarkhagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagadegelia
verb
hagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagaditidi de hadu
to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagalaangaa
verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
verb attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
bookmarkhagammae lodo
verb insult (someone)
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhai dauaa
verb be in a wrinkled condition
bookmarkhai soa
friendship
bookmarkhale duu biho
barbershop
bookmarkhano goe
see what i told you
bookmarkhauala
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhhadi iho luu vae
take a short break (in work involvingstanding)
bookmarkhilo hagamaasui
verb
to braid sennit with the left hand;
hulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhulu
verb apply liquid on,smear on
bookmarkivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarklabua
verb knead thoroughly
bookmarklangadia
verb able to remain afloat with a load
bookmarklau maalie
verb neat-appearing hair or feathers
bookmarkmaangalo
sweet
bookmarkmada-givi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmahuda age
wakeup
bookmarkmalele
adjective completed
bookmarkmanu hale moni
noun a pottery bottle or jar
bookmarkmmahi i de gai
eat more than seems appropriate to one’s body size
bookmarkmogo
noun coconutapple (young and edible)
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmuu
adjective utter (words or sounds), reply (tosomeone)
bookmarkngaue age
increase (in rank or price, etc.)
bookmarkngudu ai
act as an interpreter
bookmarkniho
noun tooth, teeth
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarkoga
verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick
bookmarkono
numeral six
bookmarksaga
adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)
bookmarkse me gi hee
in which direction is the current running
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksingano
verb the flower of the pandanus tree
bookmarksomo boi
adjective grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarkssuugulu
noun school
bookmarkvaasuu ai
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