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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkaahee ange
what else
bookmarkaha nei
let’s (now)
bookmarkahi malo
noun mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkau ga humai nei
"i’m going on my way now..."
bookmarkau madua
verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect
bookmarkaude haia
no kidding
bookmarkbasa senga
adjective speak senselessly
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbuu-ili
noun fish sp.
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdagoobala
verb fall on something and smash it
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdangi iho
adjective cry to oneself
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkde hine ga haibodu
noun bride
bookmarkdenga meenaa
those ones (plural)
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdili dai
adjective any current flowing away from the atoll
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdoli de henua
to defeat all comers
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdoo de gulabe
prolapsed rectum
bookmarkdoo i hainga a me
wait for a long time (beyond the timeexpected)
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkduu saba
adjective unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkee laa
so
bookmarkgau laagau
noun the shaft of a spear
bookmarkgoloa duu biho
barber’s tools
bookmarkhadu daahili
adjective to make up a song
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagabaguu ange
move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one
bookmarkhagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadaula
verb to anchor
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagaingoo
verb give a name to, named, called
bookmarkhagalloba ange
verb to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe).
bookmarkhagamou
verb include in a mou
bookmarkhaiva dee agona
sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhale baalanga
noun frame house
bookmarkhanonga
noun trip1, journey
bookmarkhidu-malama
time noun july (’seventh month’)
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkiho daahagi
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]
bookmarkioo
adjective
to make a sound indicating "take it"
kabi
verb tight (of clothes),stuffed
bookmarkkangi de maanadu
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarkkii
adjective win,overcome
bookmarkkii ange
increase
bookmarklima-laangi
time noun friday (’fifth day’)
bookmarkllahi
adjective thin (pl.)
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
loulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaangalo
verb sweet
bookmarkmaaui
verb givebirth to, born
bookmarkmada ahodo
verb any place where seawater seeps into the taro bog
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmainu
noun bait (on the hook)
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmanenga
noun fishsp. (= a very large balagia, 3-4 feet long)
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
moni
noun canoe
bookmarkmuu
noun fishsp.: snapper (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarkoomea
adjective afternoon (late)
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarkpelaani
verb fry
bookmarkpigi
adjective be stuck
bookmarksahudu
noun fishsp.: seabass
bookmarksali
verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarksomo dae
noun fully mature coconutapple
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarksuugulu
verb learn
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