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aabida
verb make a coil of dried pandanus leaves
bookmarkaagonga i lalo
noun social class of those who know magic
bookmarkadugau
verb arrangement of things into a straight row
bookmarkahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkalava
noun fish sp.: shark sp.
bookmarkanei ange
and these (here)
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbagi
noun gun or any other weapon of similar nature
bookmarkbiigonga
noun a curve, way of being bent
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkboo gi de gai
continually wanting to eat
bookmarkboonei
noun fish sp.: damselfish
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaalinga
noun an area near the flowering part of the coconut tree (where birds perch)
bookmarkdagalia
verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare
bookmarkdaihadu
verb hardwood in the tree trunk
bookmarkdala malo
adjective change clothes
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdangalebu de me
bad weather
bookmarkdanu bela
adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdau gulu
verb breadfruit season
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
daumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkde ia
the, thing, it
bookmarkdee dau ia
it’s ok
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu beleala
noun immature coconutapple
bookmarkduu-uli
noun sea cucumber species
bookmarkgage
verb climb; climb up on
bookmarkgaimalie
adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)
bookmarkgainga
verb trash, garbage; braided dead coconutfronds used in buttressing the sides of uinga
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgavia
noun crazy person; insane person
bookmarkgide gauligi
verb to see from the perspective of a small child
bookmarkgide malie
adjective get in the habit of
bookmarkhaangoda dua beau
noun a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagabulumau
adjective watch your step climbing
bookmarkhagadaane
verb to act like a human
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagaduu dala
adjective angry and ready to fight
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagatanu iho
verb take a nap
bookmarkhagatoo donu
verb promise, contract1 with; swear to the truth of
bookmarkhai me moolau
an habitually fast worker
bookmarkhale maadenga
noun mortuary house
bookmarkhesilihagi
verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkhhanga de ngudu
open one’s mouth
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhuaa me
noun coconut (for drinking)
bookmarkimu-uli
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkinau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night
bookmarkkadi ange
fastened on to (by being stuck in)
bookmarkkoli
verb scrape off (with one’s finger), scratch up
bookmarklale
noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklanea
adjective much,plenty
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarkllago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarkllea
adjective
say loudly
lleu luu mada
swelling of the eyes (after crying)
bookmarklodo gaiaa
competitive, envious, desious of retaliating
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmadea
verb identify,recognize
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmangeo
verb a large sore (on the body); a blemish (on the skin)
bookmarkmoe
adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarknonu
noun plantsp.: tree sp. (the archaic name of bugaliaa)
bookmarkpada
adjective be coarse in texture, grain, weave, etc.
bookmarksai moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarksango
adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)
bookmarksigi
verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
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ula de gili
inflammation; red in the face; sunburned
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