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aahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkabulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkahi malo
noun a mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkalaa ange naa
about that
alo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkanaa huu
those only are the ones
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbolo
verb make a will (for oneself or others)
bookmarkboo gi de gai
continually wanting to eat
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
daa hagapodo
verb
daadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaba
adjective a flash of light, a blink of an eye
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdali
verb wait for,along with
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdangada henua gee
noun foreigners, strangers
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdee anga
forgetful, absent-minded
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdugu de laa
noun lower sail
bookmarkdumulu
noun july
bookmarkduu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgahaalava
adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgava-uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgili ulunga
noun pillowcase
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkginigini loola
a game played by children
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhaau
verb suckle (at the breast)
bookmarkhagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagadubu maduu paa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduugau
verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhagatugu tai
adjective ebbing of tide
bookmarkhegabidi
verb packed closely together; crowdedtogether in a small place
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkhuna me
adjective a habitual thief
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkino gi mua
bend (one’s body) forward
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarklua-laangi
time noun tuesday (’second day’)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaailaba
noun September
bookmarkmaalisa
noun an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lua
number twelve
bookmarkmaea
noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmanu-daa-uga
noun <= goehau>
bookmarkme
mele
verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmmasi
adjective the ripened condition of the fruit of the pandanus (when the keys begin to fall)
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmougu
noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.
bookmarkngado
adjective come to the end or limit (of something)
bookmarkngalue iho
adjective reduced,decreased
bookmarknodi
verb to tie a knot in the hair
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarkpigi
adjective be stuck
bookmarkpono
verb to close
bookmarksaudia
verb be exposed to the wind (not sheltered)
bookmarksenga manu
adjective stupid (like an animal)
bookmarksigale
scull (a boat)
bookmarksileia doo soa
look, your neighbor is competing against you
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarkuu
milk
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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