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abo sala
adjective mean (by nature), unkind
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkaligi
adjective priest (of a cult)
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkanga-mea
noun fish sp. (= large dada)
bookmarkbadii
noun fish sp., scad?
bookmarkbalu moso
adjective constant movement of the hands and feet, as when struggling (resembling the movements of a young starling)
bookmarkbige
noun a strip of land extending into the sea or a swamp
bookmarkbongaa hala
noun any long and hollow object (e.g., a pipe or a hose)
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbuliaamou
adjective long for, homesick
bookmarkdaabasi
verb angling for tuna
bookmarkdaalinga
noun an area near the flowering part of a coconut tree (where birds perch)
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdagidogoisi
adjective very few for each one
bookmarkdama donu
noun a natural child
bookmarkdangada ngauda
adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber
bookmarkdao de laangi
celebrate
bookmarkdao malui
noun a spear with a hinged barb
bookmarkdelaa loo
that was it
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdiinei de lodo
become calmer (after being angry)
bookmarkdungagi
verb nod (one’s head)
bookmarkduu de umada
noun a rainbow appearing in the sky
bookmarkduudae baa
the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook
bookmarkgaasia
noun coralsp.: (looks like a flower)
bookmarkgaba-moe
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkgabigabidia
verb repeatedly held
bookmarkgalabe
noun seacucumber sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgidee (laa) goe
see what i mean
bookmarkgoo
adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)
bookmarkgoohunga
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgoosuu
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadaane
verb to act like a human
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hagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagamainu
verb provide with bait
bookmarkhagammahi
verb persevere, try hard to
bookmarkhagamua
verb be first; get closer to
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai maalisa
having an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkhai me galasi
to steal after having sort of asked for
bookmarkhai ngaohie
adjective easy
bookmarkhainga soe
noun a just law
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhidu-laangi
time noun sunday (’seventh day’)
bookmarkholadage
adjective laid out or spreadout all over
bookmarkholiagi
verb
laaningi
noun sleeveless shirt
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklau henua
verb waves of sufficient size to wash overall land on the atoll; tidalwave
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklua llau
number two hundred
bookmarkmaadau dagi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaalie loo
much later
bookmarkmadangi
noun air
bookmarkmadangi
noun storm
bookmarkmaeva
adjective move from one place to another
bookmarkmakaga lodo
adjective stubborn
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalua
noun female genital area
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmanu hale moni
noun a pottery bottle or jar
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmmala
bitter; sour; unlucky
bookmarkmouli danuaa
adjective easy living, a good life
bookmarkmule
adjective slow; late
bookmarkmuu-madagao
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngalue de hakii
dislocated larynx
bookmarkniho gai
noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)
bookmarknooligi
a small knife
bookmarksaabai moni doo
carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)
bookmarksalahagi
verb an expedition to look for valuable drifting objects, either in the lagoon or in the open sea near the atoll
bookmarksauligi
a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarkuso
umbilical cord
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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