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adaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkaloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkangi
verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbige
noun a strip of land extending into the sea or a swamp
bookmarkbogi
verb to plant taro slips
bookmarkboonei
noun fish sp.: damselfish
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkbuugunga
noun conformation of a bugu
bookmarkdaane dagidahi
noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdagaa
verb a leader (for a fishline, made of olonga)
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
bookmarkdaladala
verb say again and again
bookmarkdale gaiaa
verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run
bookmarkdao badu
noun ridgepole (upper)
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdau age de inai
be in the lee of the atoll while fishing (i.e., in a place protected from the wind)
bookmarkdenaa ai huu
that is it then
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkdoo mai de malino
completely calm
bookmarkduba
noun land crab sp. (small)
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkgaaui i tao
a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkgasi
adjective jump up (with both feet leaving the ground)
bookmarkgieuli
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhadu mangeo
noun cushion starfish
bookmarkhagadogaa dangada
adjective embarrass people by one’s actions
bookmarkhagalligi
verb make very small
bookmarkhagamoni
verb provide a canoe for
bookmarkhagasae gili
verb pierce the skin superficially
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work
bookmarkhai gai
adjective prepared food; cook food
bookmarkhai mainu
verb collect bait
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhailu
verb wipe oneself (after defecating)
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhulu
adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkkave huaame
verb take the whole thing
bookmarklao gau-me
verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills
bookmarklaohie age
improving condition (of weather)
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarkma hee
where else
bookmarkmaanessala
adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmagau de lima
a paralyzed arm
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot (weather)
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalo gahu
adjective shirt
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmanu aabi
kite
bookmarkmanu vaaligi
noun insect (small)
bookmarkmaunusi
adjective pulled out,removed (by pulling out)
bookmarkmesde-gelee
noun mollusksp.: oliveshell <"mr. grey">
bookmarkmmae tinae
adjective convulsed with laughter
bookmarkmmau
adjective
mastered, memorized, known by heart;
mudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarkngani mai
ngani toward oneself; fit (of clothes)
bookmarkolongaa
noun plantsp.: treesp.: a shrubbytree sp. (pipturus argenteus (forst.f.) wedd.)
bookmarkpanga
adjective
saaluanga
a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarkseleia
verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish
bookmarkseni tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarksingano
verb the flower of the pandanus tree
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
bookmarktainadaane madua
noun elder brother
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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