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adi saele
adjective disseminate information
bookmarkadumua
verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver
bookmarkaloha gelo
noun profound affection
bookmarkau madua
verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkbugu
noun mons veneris
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdaane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdaangahulu dala buni
ten dollar bill
bookmarkdaballahi
adjective
thin (of long flat object)
dagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdagodo lalo
adjective seriously ill and not improving
bookmarkdama naale
noun a talkative, deceitful person
bookmarkde hine dabeo
a menstruating woman
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdelaa ange
that there is another one
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkduna
noun larvae (of mosquito, etc.) found in water
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkduu modu
vertical cut
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgalaanga
verb to look for members of the opposite sex by walking around at night
bookmarkgavage
adjective
give or bring up
gavia
crazy person; insane person,
bookmarkgide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgini hua o hegau
to receive the rewards of work well done (or punishment for evil deeds)
bookmarkgini manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkhaaele sala
verb spoil (children), bring up (children) badly
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhaangoda de lodo
to fish in the lagoon
bookmarkhaelu
verb var. of hailu
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagabau
verb measure, calculate,estimate
bookmarkhagadulagi
verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse
bookmarkhagaduu dala
adjective angry and ready to fight
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagahaangoda
verb to teach to fish
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagaleo
verb to produce sound
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagannagi
verb lean against
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagasemuna
verb make a total of one hundred million
bookmarkhagatoo mua
verb take every possible precaution, insure
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhauala
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhenua mounga
noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)
bookmarkhenuu
verb a method of plaiting
bookmarkhevaalogi
adjective the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhili gee
sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkiga-ligi
noun fishsp. (a small oceanic school fishslightly larger than dauoni)
bookmarklevango
adjective fight
bookmarklodo manege
adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser
bookmarkloha
verb fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmadalua maa dahi
number twenty one
bookmarkmadohi iho
adjective to reach halfway down
bookmarkmai moni
noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkmalau ngudu
noun labia (vulva)
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmanigangi
adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
noun a jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower (burrows into the sand when touched)
bookmarkmaoli
a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarkmau
adjective
usual
mau ange huu
usually
bookmarkme hhadu hugadoo
it’s a lie
bookmarkmilo
noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)
bookmarkmoe iho
adjective sleep for a short time, nap; sleep overnight in place other than one’s usual sleeping place
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkodi ange
even (number); complete (none missing); reach the maximum
bookmarkoho boo
adjective to oho while still dark
bookmarkohu
verb a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarkpalo
noun a watery area extending into a land area (e.g., a bay)
bookmarksai
verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)
bookmarksalua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarksomo
noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut
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bookmarkssabe
adjective leave,go away
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