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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkanei ai laa
these then were those
bookmarkanei huu
these (here) only are the ones
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbaasi madau
adjective right side, right-handed
bookmarkbasa pada
adjective speak harshly
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbigibigia
verb covered with something sticky
bookmarkbula de ganomada
get mad
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkdaaligidanga
noun the slope of a canoe’s keel
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdagahi
verb step on, kick with one’s heel
bookmarkdaguu kalo
noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdangage
verb raise one’s head up or back
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdee anga
forgetful, absent-minded
bookmarkdegi
adjective kind, generous, forgiving
bookmarkdenga meelaa
those ones over there (plural)
bookmarkdilia ange
give fish to
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdoga
adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)
bookmarkdoo lalo
verb unsuccessful
bookmarkduasala
adjective hardship,difficulty
bookmarkdugu dagidahi
verb place (or leave off) one at a time
bookmarkduosi
adjective servant
bookmarkduu uli
noun sea cucumber species
bookmarkgango
adjective burned (overcooked food)
bookmarkgannui koi
noun gannui which has been scraped out of the shell to be eaten
bookmarkgili hau
noun the inner bark of the hibiscus
bookmarkgini hua o hegau
to receive the rewards of work well done (or punishment for evil deeds)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhadu-uli
noun coralsp.: bluecoral
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagabulumau
adjective watch your step climbing
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagamaasui
noun a current which flows to the left
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhai aabi
having many rooms or sections
bookmarkhai dauaa
verb be in a wrinkled condition
bookmarkhai samu
verb to gossip
bookmarkhakide gee
spoil (a child)
bookmarkhangaabo
verb the fitting together of the two halves of something, so that it is closed
bookmarkhano de leebunga
run (of a color); fade (of a color)
bookmarkhaula
verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)
bookmarkhenga
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkhhogi
adjective a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhonu tai
high tide
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhuaalavao
a strong wind
bookmarkhuaalavao
verb a strong wind
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
double-edged
bookmarkkano siabo
noun the meat on the side of the fish’s head
bookmarklaalaa
verb having many branches
bookmarklanga de gubenga
to pull up a gubenga to store it away
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklodo bale
noun helpful (sort of person)
bookmarkluu au
pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmaea
noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkme hagaodi
noun last one
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkngadi moana
noun <= laangai ngadi moana>
bookmarkngadi vai
noun a coconut shell used for water storage(on fishing trips)
bookmarkoso
verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarkpaa de hoa
happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)
bookmarkpala ivi
adjective work beyond one’s endurance
bookmarkpula
adjective open one’s eyes widely; to lightup suddenly; insectsp.: a phosphorescent insect
bookmarksalua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarksebugi
numeral billions
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
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taiseni
adjective sleepy
bookmarktama hagai
poor fellow!
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ubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
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