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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkadi saele
adjective disseminate information
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkbii o madahasi
a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night
bookmarkboli
verb take special care of
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkdaa de baalanga
ring the bell
bookmarkdaa iho
adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)
bookmarkdae de ua
have a good time
bookmarkdagaa
verb a leader (for a fishline, made of olonga)
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdahido mada
noun inner corner of the eye
bookmarkdanu de bela
spade up taro plots, adding mulch
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdeai ange loo soo savaa
now i’ve got you
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdehui
noun
tens of coconuts
delaa ange
that there is another one
bookmarkdelaa maa
that there was about (approximately)
bookmarkdenaa maa
that is about (approximately)
bookmarkdoi-giva
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
doo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgaha mea
adjective having orange coconuts (of a coconuttree)
bookmarkgasigi
noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
hagaao
verb intend to stay up until daybreak
bookmarkhagadagodo
verb cause to lie down or remain; illustrate by examples
bookmarkhagadonu
verb trust, believe; interpret; support as a witness
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
adjective make boxes
bookmarkhagaholau
verb banish from the island (in a canoe with no paddle or food)
bookmarkhagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagaingoo
verb give a name to, named, called
bookmarkhagakii dalinga
verb producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something sweet is eaten
bookmarkhagamoolaua
verb cause to hurry
bookmarkhagauea
verb a sleeping mat
bookmarkhageli
verb a sort of sound in ancient chants
bookmarkhai modo
verb eat (or pick) when still unripe
bookmarkheboohagi mai
found fighting
bookmarkhonu ssele
noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)
bookmarkhusi
taro bag, swamp
bookmarklaamaloo
noun a divination result indicating bad fortune
bookmarklaangai buusagi
a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklahu
verb investigate (to prove one’s suspicions)
bookmarklangi maakau
noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarklenga
noun a preparation made from ango and doidoi (q.v.)
bookmarklilo
adjective disappear, vanish; sheltered(from the elements)
bookmarklodo llidi
adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkma gi
in order to
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmaalamangia
verb illuminated (by having light shined upon it)
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mada mmea
adjective dark red
bookmarkmadaa duge
noun the tip of a duge
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmadagauhala
noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmagi ilihia
adjective gastritis (having one’s stomach full of gas)
bookmarkmaidigi
noun august
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
me hanga dalogo
ingredients of dalogo
bookmarkmidia
verb dream about
bookmarkmilo
noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarksaba
verb capable (of a person)
bookmarksali ssavale
salivate
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarkse aha
what is it
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
bookmarkuhi
to replace a ridge pole cover of a thatch house; to cover the sides of a house with plaited green coconut leaves as protection against ghosts
bookmarkvaalanga
made up (of a story only)
bookmarkvaga
noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship
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