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abo
adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable
bookmarkagilau
verb pugnacious
bookmarkaha bagua
noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkanei ai
these (here) only
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbalavini
adjective clumsy, awkward (e.g., in carriage)
bookmarkbalu daaea
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkdaa hagapodo
verb
daane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdaane ssili dala
special one,important one
bookmarkdaemahadia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdama ssege
noun a foetus which has been aborted
bookmarkdau haanau
noun a period during which many children areborn
bookmarkdavage
noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)
bookmarkdeai ma gi dahi
none at all as you should very well know
deai me ao ai
useless
bookmarkdeganoe
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdenaa ange naa
about that
dogaa
adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed
bookmarkdoo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkdoo de hatuli
the’falling of thunder’
dotodi
adjective limping (as an action)
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dugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkduudae maadau
noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>
bookmarkga aha
and then did what
bookmarkgabaduu
verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgapua
verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)
bookmarkgau
noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)
bookmarkgavia
noun crazy person; insane person
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgelu-hai-vaelo
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.
bookmarkhagaduu me
miserly
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagapago sala
adjective unfortunate result
bookmarkhagassogalia
verb
hagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhanga benu
adjective to extract pandanus seeds by splitting the fruit
bookmarkhenua mounga
noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)
bookmarkhhao
verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkhola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhuaahuu
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkigauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklangadia
verb able to remain afloat with a load
bookmarklava ai donu huu
forget it
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmadania teu ngaloto
noun middle finger
bookmarkmahana age
heartburn <>
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmanava bodo
adjective shortness of breath
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkme hagaahulu
prepared food
bookmarkmee mmala
noun gallbladder
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmmoli
verb haul (all at once or as fast as possible)
bookmarkmoe
adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)
bookmarkmoloa
verb knotted (of hair)
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, byandby
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngadi gavadu
adjective a gift (to the hearer); a present (to the hearer)
bookmarkngago gaagoo
noun chicken egg
bookmarksaaluanga
noun a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksagea
verb to do something without regard for others (because one is excited)
bookmarkse hagabau
do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean
bookmarkse me gi hee
in which direction is the current running
bookmarksenga manu
adjective stupid (like an animal)
bookmarksileia doo soa
look, your neighbor is competing against you
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarktahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
bookmarkteungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
bookmarktigo
defecate
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
bookmarkvasu
like
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