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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkadudau
noun sandspit
bookmarkahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkanaa huu
those only are the ones
bookmarkasu
verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon
bookmarkbaalasi ange
compete hard against (as in team sports)
bookmarkbalagia
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbasa gee
speak (or express oneself) strangely
bookmarkbidoa
verb lift or hold one end of something
bookmarkbiigonga
noun a curve, way of being bent
bookmarkboo gi dai
the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkbuu goede
worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>
bookmarkdaane hebagi
adjective soldier
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdama donu
noun a natural child
bookmarkdamaa dae
adjective skillful at catching flying fish
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdogaa ange
feel shy in the presence of
bookmarkdongi ange
appoint
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduu gee
adjective out of alignment
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgaange
verb give
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkganaudogo
noun
an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat
gau-me
noun gill (of a fish)
bookmarkgegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkgiado manu
noun the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe
bookmarkginogino
adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth
bookmarkgubu vae
foot, ankle
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhaangoda dua beau
a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagaava
verb make a channel
bookmarkhagabiiginga
noun way of making sticky
bookmarkhagahula
noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagaobe
verb cause to have obe
bookmarkhagasegelia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagatugu
verb crouch down
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhai aabi
having many rooms or sections
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhai hegau hilo
work hypocritically (appearing to follow the rules but secretly violating the prohibitions)
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhilo ange
mix with
bookmarkkii mai
verb decreasing
bookmarkloeaa
a type of game
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
mada agamu
noun the essential design features of tuai
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa ono
number sixteen
bookmarkmalanga
adjective
lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from
massaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkmomme
a place
bookmarkmulegi
verb showoff (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkmuli mai loo
much later
bookmarknebu
verb to do something so earnestly that one has no time to talk; be very busy
bookmarkngaio
needlefish
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkodi ai loo
that’s the end! that’s all!
bookmarkohu
a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarksaavale
noun spit, saliva
bookmarksahudu
noun fishsp.: seabass
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksuunibongi
a coral formation resembling a man at the bottom of the lagoon; a method of pole fishing at night
bookmarktama legalega
infant
bookmarkuu duaa nui
broom.
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