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aliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdaelodo dee odi ange
oddnumber
bookmarkdagihia
how many for each
bookmarkdangada baoa
noun dead person buried at sea who washesback up on shore
bookmarkdangada gohu
noun ignorant person
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdanuaa loo
ok (good)
bookmarkde ia
the, thing, it
bookmarkdee gamalie
adjective do very attentively
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdilo
verb look at (inspect)
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdonu
noun fishsp.: seabass (= small ava)
bookmarkdoo ade
a joking expression; literally, ’your liver!’
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkduu biho
adjective haircut; cut hair
bookmarkduubulei
noun head of the penis
bookmarkgai de henua
noun native food (not imported)
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galo ahi
sparks
bookmarkgano niho
gums of mouth
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkhagaaloha
adjective piteous,pitiful
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagadaemaha
verb put weight on, make unhappy
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagalilo
verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhai gaavenga
adjective restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai me gaiaa
to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)
bookmarkhakaadia
verb make tightly packed
bookmarkhakide
verb to reveal oneself to someone (of a ghost); to show (familiarize with)
bookmarkhhadi iho luu vae
take a short break (in work involvingstanding)
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkiholia
verb useful for climbing down
bookmarkkangi de maanadu
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarklauali
verb immature leaves
bookmarkleengia
verb jump on; be flown into
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaanga-de-langi
noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)
bookmarkmada dangada ina
a person of importance (who is liked by the people)
bookmarkmada nnui
adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)
bookmarkmakaga lodo
adjective stubborn
bookmarkmatoloia
a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmuna abo donu
truth
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarknngaolia
verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarknoho ai
occupy or live in (a place)
bookmarknoho moso
able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)
bookmarknoho muli
adjective overloaded in the stern (of a canoe)
bookmarkobe
noun eye of the taro corm
bookmarkoo iho (age)
adjective able to enter, going up (down)
bookmarksaavale
verb spit,drool,sputum
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarkse aha au naa
you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree
bookmarkse ungaa husi gee
do something different from thatwhich was intended
bookmarksemuna
numeral hundreds of millions
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksiva-dahanga
time noun the ninth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarksobaga
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
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