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aboo nei
tonight (future)
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkau ga sano
I give up
bookmarkbabu
adjective the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbasalia
verb seep (of water)
bookmarkbini gaahanga
verb three-ply braiding (of rope)
bookmarkboi a eidu
temporarily abnormal
bookmarkdaane hai moni
sailor,seaman
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdangi buada
adjective the noise made by a fast-moving projectile
bookmarkdanuaa ai loo
well, ok (this time, but next timewatch it)
bookmarkdau me
verb the sheath of the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkdehui
noun
tens of coconuts
dinoanga hulu
adjective a council (of ten) formerlyhaving broad legislative and judicialpowers on the atoll
bookmarkdoo de --
transfer of a string figure from hand to hand
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkgaasia
noun coralsp.: (looks like a flower)
bookmarkgabanibaonga
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkgabidia
verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgano dae
noun the net of a hand net (not including the net’s handle)
bookmarkgano niho
gums of mouth
bookmarkgava dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgea
hawksbill turtle
bookmarkgiidagi
verb relish (meat or fish, or something substituting for meat or fish, eaten with taro, etc.)
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagadabena ange
prepare for
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadolu (ina)
verb make a total of three
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagadotodi
verb walk with a limp (temporarily)
bookmarkhagaduu me
miserly
bookmarkhagailangi
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagamouli
verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)
bookmarkhagasae gili
verb pierce the skin superficially
bookmarkhanga-mea
noun
hebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhhela
verb spread one’s legs wide apart at one time
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhugadoo
unclassified all (of things)
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkilaage mai
free from
bookmarkili luu bongaa usu
laagii
noun decoration,ornamentation
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
leengia
verb jump on; be flown into
bookmarkllago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarklleu luu malau ngudu
swollen lips (from eating spicy foods or foods to which one is allergic)
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarkllou
verb hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo haa
lollolo
oily
bookmarkloomosi
verb kill someone by holding him under the water until he is drowned
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkmadangi danuaa
noun fresh air
bookmarkmagi dabeo
verb menstruation
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmakaga lodo
adjective stubborn
bookmarkmalaangahu
noun feast held for a newly launched canoe
bookmarkmangila
noun plantsp. (a type of ngaungau)
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmassaa (ina)
verb despised by others
bookmarkmodu gee
cut away from; separated from
bookmarkmoe
adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)
bookmarkmoe danuaa
die in piece
bookmarkmoebili
adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarkniho gaina
teeth with cavities
bookmarkpale age (iho)
steer toward (away from) land
bookmarkpanga
adjective
seevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarkseguli
numeral hundreds of thousands
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksuunibongi
a coral formation resembling a man at the bottom of the lagoon; a method of pole fishing at night
bookmarktaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)
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