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aduhale
adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house
bookmarkalaa ai loo
those there then are
bookmarkalaa muhuu
how about those there
bookmarkalomasige
adjective hasten to go or come
bookmarkanaa nei
those now
bookmarkanei muhuu
how about these
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkboi
adjective
abnormal
boo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbuni ange lodo
paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack
bookmarkdaane i lalo
noun a person who fails at everything he tries
bookmarkdabui
verb to splash water on something with the hand
bookmarkdaelodo odi ange
evennumber
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdangi talinga
adjective
tinnitus, a ringing sound in the ear
daula baalanga
noun cable,wire (heavy)
bookmarkdongi ange
appoint
bookmarkdua gina
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for gina fishing
bookmarkdugu de uinga
to lay down a new cover of palm frondson uinga
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgailalopoli
adjective stingy
bookmarkgalohia
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgano niho
gums of mouth
bookmarkgapese
a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkgu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkhaaele sala
verb spoil (children), bring up (children) badly
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
cushion starfish
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagadauaadea
verb to clear out a place
bookmarkhagadonu muna
adjective act as an interpreter
bookmarkhagamele
verb
hagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasaalunga de lungi
a member of the Christian Endeavor Society
bookmarkhagasoa ange
go along with others,join the crowd
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai aha
adjective what relationship
bookmarkhai dauaa
verb be in a wrinkled condition
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhala a buadaia
noun a log used as a lever or fulcrum
bookmarkhale denga manu
noun hive (house for animals)
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkholomanga
noun throat
bookmarki dahi me
each, apiece
bookmarki mua nei
beforehand
bookmarkiloo iho
adjective realize, know
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarkllava ai
wrapped (tied) around; eat fish ormeat with a meal
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklongoaa
adjective <= longaa>
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluu duu
noun covers (of books), two halves
bookmarkmaadau dae ssae
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaamaagila
adjective becoming slightly parted
bookmarkmada galava
noun spear foreshaft
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmadaladala de leo
a clear and high-pitched singing voice
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmaga tau hoe
to paddle (a canoe) vigorously
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkme dili dai
any current which flows away from the atoll
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkmoe danuaa
adjective die in peace
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkngudu aahua
islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarkoa
gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkpaa i daalinga
move in closely (of birds) to daalinga
bookmarksenga maido
adjective stupidly unafraid of danger (likemaido)
bookmarksingano
the flower of a pandanus tree
bookmarkssege tama
miscarriage
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarkttea
adjective white
bookmarkuludino
shed skin (as reptiles do)
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