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aboo
tonight
bookmarkanaa sili
those were enough
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmarkboaa
verb be caught in a storm
bookmarkbolo iho
adjective to make oneself the beneficiary of a will which one has made for another
bookmarkbuu-kangi-de-muli
noun mollusk sp.: cymatiidae spp., also bursa bubo
bookmarkdaane mada duulanga
noun a person able to do things others cannot
bookmarkdahea iho
adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not
bookmarkdahola
verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)
bookmarkdaiao age
the following morning
bookmarkdangada ngauda
adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber
bookmarkdanuaa huu
it’s still ok no wonder
bookmarkdauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkde ahi
noun the fire
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdelaa naa loo
that there could be it
bookmarkdili
verb shoot at; shine (e.g., a flashlight) on; letgo, throwaway, lose something; disregard; steady beating (as of a heart); a steady stroke (as of an adze)
bookmarkdoli age
adjective obtain the smallest first
bookmarkduasivi
noun the back of the spine
bookmarkduge
noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu
bookmarkduu kolu
adjective stand bracing oneself
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarkduunga gima
noun half of a clam shell
bookmarkege iho
adjective lower (something)
bookmarkga hia
how many will it be
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgadinibidi
a type of fishook made from pearl shell
bookmarkgage gaahanga
verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga
bookmarkgahuduna
noun ridgepole cover
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgaini
noun any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkgamai
adjective
bring to me, carry to me
goloa o de hine
female genitalia
bookmarkgu odi mai ogu
i have done all i could
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhagadalea
verb
make someone tired
hagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhai maadua
adjective mention of one’s elders by others
bookmarkhaitoga
noun an opening for a door or window
bookmarkhale baalanga
noun frame house
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhhogi
a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle
bookmarkhola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
bookmarkiganibongi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkkanamalie
adjective tasty (especially of taro)
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklodo lanea
adjective indecisive,confused
bookmarkloomai
adjective
come or go (toward the speaker)
maaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
madamataia
verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmatoloia
a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit
bookmarkme vae
noun shoes,slippers
bookmarkmee saabini uga
reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)
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bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarknamu
noun mosquito
bookmarknamu
noun mosquito
bookmarkngadau iho
younger
bookmarkngudu aahua
noun islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarkodea
adjective noon, midday
bookmarkpoo mai
a unit of measurement (from the end of the extended thumb to the other side of the clenched fist)
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksaulolua
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkse hono
fit well or properly
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarkssele i de niho
damn it!
bookmarkssigo
clever, a fast learner; catch on to, understand
bookmarkssongo
stink
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