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abaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkanaa ange huu
that
anailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkbaalanga tea
noun stainless steel
bookmarkbaalasi mai (adu)
shine a flashlight toward me (you)
bookmarkbaasi lua
having two useful sides
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkbese
noun one of the harmony parts in old chants
bookmarkboaa ina
adjective be caught in strong wind or heavy rain
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbuu-ili
noun fish sp.
bookmarkdaane hai moni
sailor,seaman
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdagilanea
adjective each having a lot
bookmarkdama ulungi
noun a man good at catching tuna with a fishing pole
bookmarkdangada lo te gohu
noun unenlightened person
bookmarkdangau-paava
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdanuaa sili
adjective good enough
bookmarkdao badu
noun ridgepole (upper)
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdelaa naa loo
that there could be it
bookmarkdodi
adjective have a limp (physical condition)
bookmarkdotodo
verb bloody (of a person)
bookmarkduanui
noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarkduoi
noun parasites (intestinal) of fish
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkduudanga daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkduulanga
noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of
bookmarke galemu
it’s alright
bookmarkege ange
move (something) over
bookmarkgaahanga
noun a rope used to assist in climbing
bookmarkgavia
crazy person; insane person,
bookmarkgeiuli
lizard species
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind
bookmarkgiado
outrigger boom
bookmarkgiado manu
noun the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe
bookmarkgoloa lalo
noun gear obtained from foreign lands
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadabena iho
verb prepare oneself, make oneself
bookmarkhagadahea
verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe
bookmarkhagahale
verb begin to form (of a situation)
bookmarkhagamua
verb be first; get closer to
bookmarkhale hadu
noun a house of brick or cement construction
bookmarkhausanga
noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole
bookmarkhidi taelodo
adjective the weight (on a balance) used as a standard measurement
bookmarkhoe
verb blisters on the skin caused by sunburn
bookmarkhuda
noun
i de baasi
concerning; at the behest of;under the auspices of
bookmarkilihia tinae
adjective a stomach distended by gas
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarkkangi odi
adjective too sharp
bookmarkkii adu
get out
bookmarklaohie
noun drought
bookmarklau ligi
verb having small leaves
bookmarklau makaga
verb stiff
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarkloha
noun birdsp. (never seen live)
bookmarkmaagila
verb to appear to be barely separated (as islets on the atoll when seen from a distance); parted slightly
bookmarkmaamaane
adjective light1 (in weight)
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalau ngudu
noun lips
bookmarkmamu-honga-dai
noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)
bookmarkmiili
adjective
a type of game
mmilosanga
noun a confluence of currents (from below the surface of the sea)
bookmarkmoana dabeo
verb rough seas
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmother
tinana
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkniho
noun tooth, teeth
bookmarknngaoa
verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksai moni
a fleet of canoes
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksii tae
diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksila
look for
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkssae
verb rip, tear, deflower (a virgin)
bookmarkssave
flying fish
bookmark
toogili
adjective wrinkly
bookmarkuu duaa nui
broom.
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