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bangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbasa gelo
speak sagely
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbonaa ua
noun the sheath of the turtle’s neck
bookmarkbua maliaa
bunehulu
adjective slow in running or walking
bookmarkdaahia
verb cleanoff
bookmarkdaasele
verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdauaa
verb wrinkled
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdee hilihili
indifferent
bookmarkdemeelaa
that one over there
bookmarkdogi
noun adze
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdoo de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkdoo gaiaa
ambush; attack by surprise or stealth
bookmarkdugu gee
put aside, setaside; treat (a person) differently from others
bookmarkdumuagi
noun top of the head, bare hilltop
bookmarkduu-baeao
noun fishsp.: filefish
bookmarkduuhuli
verb
a type of wave
eu sege
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgadea
noun the side of the canoe away from the outrigger float
bookmarkgage gaahanga
verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga
bookmarkgahoo
verb wear
bookmarkgai boo
adjective eat early in the morning
bookmarkgaiaadia
verb stolen
bookmarkgalavalava
the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgemo
adjective fast, swift
bookmarkguao
noun
the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore
haa-dolo
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhaangoda dua beau
a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadau bale
verb cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagadau gaiaa
adjective steal from one another
bookmarkhagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagadubu dinae
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhagasegelia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hono
verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)
bookmarkkii ange tanuaa
verb to make something better; to better
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklango beau
verb a method of lashing the outrigger float to the outrigger struts
bookmarklangona
adjective heard,felt
bookmarklau makaga
verb stiff
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkmaadau duiagi
noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmaasae
adjective hatched
bookmarkmada nnui
adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)
bookmarkmadalua maa lima
number twenty five
bookmarkmai i daha
from outside
bookmarkmanga
noun a branch, part of (something havingcoordinate parts)
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmmau
adjective
mastered, memorized, known by heart;
mmilosanga
noun a confluence of currents (from below the surface of the sea)
bookmarkmuna o de henua
a community meeting (for listening to speeches or instructions)
bookmarknebu
verb to do something so earnestly that one has no time to talk; be very busy
bookmarkpaa i daalinga
move in closely (of birds) to daalinga
bookmarksebugi
numeral billions
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarksili iho
adjective have just stopped; calmdown (of a person)
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarksomo boi
grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarksuugulu
verb learn
bookmarktangada hai me dabu
cult priest
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
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