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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkaagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkadumodu
noun group of islets; atoll (collection of islets)
bookmarkago
verb learn, teach
bookmarkagu iho
say to oneself
bookmarkaha bagua
noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)
bookmarkahu
noun islet
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkalahenua
noun plot of (bush) land, acreage
bookmarkbae mamu
noun fish weir
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbaledilo
verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear
bookmarkbini
verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope
bookmarkbolengia
verb do something without reflection
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkbuni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdabuvae madua
noun big toe
bookmarkdahi i daho dangada
very popular
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdau gulu
verb breadfruit season
bookmarkdee beaha
all rightit’s nothing
bookmarkdeeai donu
positively no
bookmarkdelaa ange naa
about that
dele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)
bookmarkdoo gaiaa
ambush; attack by surprise or stealth
bookmarkdugu dahi
verb accomplish or complete something in asingle effort; fishing with a single line
bookmarkduosi
adjective servant
bookmarkduubaa
noun one half of an oyster shell
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgahaalava
adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)
bookmarkgave ua podo
gede gabi de husi
noun
a type of basket
gede hadu
noun
a type of basket
geesaama
noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkgini manu
verb pick flowers
bookmarkhaa lodo
verb the inner coconut palm frond
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagaditidi vae dahi
hop on one foot
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting
bookmarkhagailonga
verb sign,mark,signal,omen
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagasegedia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagi
verb pick (fruit) by grabbing and twisting off
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhalaasola
noun mollusksp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkhano laa
previous
bookmarkhonu
green turtle (2 varieties)
bookmarkhuligee
turn away from, turn inside out (of clothes)
bookmarkhulo saele
wander around
bookmarkhungi
verb tricks of self-defense (some of which are like judo or karate)
bookmarkhusi
noun tarobog, swamp
bookmarki dai nei
Mortlock Islands
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkleanga
noun bad person
bookmarklodo llidi
adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarklua llau
number two hundred
bookmarkluu hadu a moidigi
noun stone-like organs in the top of the head of flying fish
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmadalua maa dolu
number twenty three
bookmarkmagi hai dama
morningsickness (of pregnancy)
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalau age
free of hardship (after having had it)
bookmarkmalo sabo
noun breechclout
bookmarkmasagi
noun a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkme ssalu lau
a scraper for leaves
bookmarkmilosanga
noun the way in which current flows
bookmarkmmaunga
noun way of memorizing, (way of havingmemorized)
bookmarkmmoli gee
haul away from
bookmarkmoni hai gubenga
noun a canoe rigged for gubenga fishing
bookmarkmouli
verb to live; be alive
bookmarkngadi hanonga
noun a useless journey
bookmarkngadi ubu
noun an empty coconut shell used as a container
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarkolonoa
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkpago
adjective the sound of any sudden violent contact; the sound of an explosion
bookmarksangatai
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarkulungaa iga
a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.
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