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ahi malo
noun a mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkbaagava
noun violent in word or action
bookmarkbaasi e haa o de langi
the four quadrants of the sky
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmarkbasa maalie
adjective speak moderately
bookmarkbasa pada
adjective speak harshly
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaangahulu dala buni
ten dollar bill
bookmarkdaasele
verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip
bookmarkdae de lodo
be satisfied completely
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
de gai i mua
favorite food
bookmarkdeai ange
no more, no other
bookmarkdee gamalie
adjective do very attentively
bookmarkdeelaa
there
bookmarkdenaa donu
that is it for sure
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdogo huadia
verb a way of punting a canoe
bookmarkdoloa
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkdotodo
verb bloody (of a person)
bookmarkdugu dahi
verb accomplish or complete something in asingle effort; fishing with a single line
bookmarkdugu de laa
lower sail
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkelaa
a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkgano niho
noun gums (of mouth)
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ginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhadi modu
adjective sheer drop-off (as at the edge of a cliff)
bookmarkhagaaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabunidia
verb add up
bookmarkhagadahi
verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases
bookmarkhagadania
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
verb to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagaingoo ai
called by (named)
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagalleo
verb to produce many sounds
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhai mogobuna
adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild
bookmarkhegai
adjective eat ravenously
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkholi
shape of, form of
bookmarkhua i gadea
the side of the main body of the canoe away from the outrigger float
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhulo saaele
verb wander around
bookmarki de baasi
concerning; at the behest of;under the auspices of
bookmarkieiange
adjective
iga-adagahi
noun
fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)
ioonga
noun way of giving
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
laumele
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarklluhe
noun plantsp.: swordfern (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkloiho
adjective
go or come down (or toward the lagoon)
loimada
noun tears
bookmarklua-aligi
adjective chiefmate (of a european ship)
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkmaanu iho
adjective to begin to fish while maanu
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madaangahulu
numeral ten (objects)
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa haa
number fourteen
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanu-gili-maau
noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)
bookmarkmanu-mmala
noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)
bookmarkme holu
noun bow
bookmarkmmao
adjective far,distant
bookmarkmoele
a lie
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarknamu
noun mosquito
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarksaibo
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarksali de usu
runny nose
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarkssunu
suck, smoke (cigarettes)
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarkvalaai tao
dye
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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