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aalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkaau ai naa
more so
bookmarkahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkalodahi hugadoo
everything, everybody; each and every
bookmarkanga dogi
noun mollusk sp., Cerithiidae
bookmarkbeluu
noun lizard; gecko
bookmarkbigi
adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)
bookmarkbini
verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdagalia
verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdale
verb touch (two or more things being in contact); strike (a match)
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdelaa tagodo
that there is the situation...
bookmarkdenaa donu
that is it for sure
bookmarkdenei huu
this is it still
bookmarkdenei sili
this is enough
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdili dangada
adjective to fail to discharge one’s obligations to help (esp. one’s kin)
bookmarkdogo duu
verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe
bookmarkdolo
noun
plantsp.: sugarcane
doo mai de malino
completely calm
bookmarkdoo mua
adjective very
bookmarkdumanu
noun appearance,situation
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduu de umada
noun a rainbow appearing in the sky
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngauda
noun fishsp.: rudderfish
bookmarkgadaha
noun birdsp.: greatfrigatebird(fregata minor)
bookmarkgau bini baalanga
an iron rod
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
haanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagadaula
verb to anchor
bookmarkhagahaibodu
verb wedding; perform a wedding
bookmarkhagaheohi
verb to correct (someone or something)
bookmarkhagasemuna
verb make a total of one hundred million
bookmarkhagasiva (ina)
verb make a total of nine
bookmarkhai de ama
to have a spouse
bookmarkhai donu
adjective
do properly by accident; do on purpose
hainoo
verb
permitted,open to the public,secular
hakino gee
filthy,disgusting
bookmarkholi
shape of, form of
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkhulo gi lunga ma lalo
argue heatedly,fight
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarklaangai milo sanga
a fishing condition in which fish arenot inclined to bite
bookmarklama
a dry coconut leaf
bookmarkluu panava
noun scrotum (whole thing)
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkme abadai
European things (gear, etc)
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoole
noun
ngadoa
verb to have ngado
bookmarkngaue age
increase (in rank or price, etc.)
bookmarkniho
teeth
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarkoho iho
adjective come ashore early in the morning
bookmarksaava
skinny, thin (lacking in flesh)
bookmarksaavale ina
fish or meat which is watery in textureand bad-tasting
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksigi de hagahala
collection (in church), offering (in chrch), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksii tae
diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkssabe
adjective leave,go away
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
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