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abasasa
noun European
bookmarkade
noun liver
bookmarkadiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkalaa ange huu
that there
anaa nei
those now
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkao
adjective sufficient
bookmarkau madua
verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect
bookmarkbaa ange
close to, near to
bookmarkbaa iho
adjective low (in altitude)
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbili i de lodo
unforgotten
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdagua-loa
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdaia e tuaadai
seasick
bookmarkdao
noun a spear, branch of (part of)
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally apportioned
bookmarkdauulu
verb verdant (indicating growing well)
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun adze with a small blade for light chipping
bookmarkdogo huadia
verb a way of punting a canoe
bookmarkdogoduli
adjective crouch on all fours
bookmarkdoo dai
appearing from lagoonward; to come from lagoonward; wind direction from the west
bookmarkdulagi ange
look like
bookmarkgaalau-ango
noun plantsp.: tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)
bookmarkgai modo
verb eat when still unripe
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkganimago
noun mollusksp.: malea pomum
bookmarkgava dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgulunieli
noun plantsp.
bookmarkhagaamua
verb accord honor to
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabido
verb
carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end
hagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhagateve
verb bristle, ready for a fight (of animals)
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhale de henua
hanu age
regain
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkiillangi
noun mollusksp.: conus litteratus
bookmarkili taalanga
talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
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lava hadu
noun leader (between fishing line and hook)
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklo te hebagi
during the war
bookmarkma tua
besides
bookmarkmaadau hholu
noun a fishhook made of wire
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lua
number twelve
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmaeva
adjective move from one place to another
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmoe danuaa
adjective die in peace
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkmusa
verb the sound of many little school fish feeding at the surface of the water
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngadi biho
noun head
bookmarkngadi hanonga
a useless journey
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarkodaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkodea
noon, midday
bookmarkono-samono
time noun the sixth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarksaava
verb skinny,thin (lacking in flesh)
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarkse goo
adept at
bookmarkssee de hiigai
famished, ravenous
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