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aahee maa
about when (future); about how much
bookmarkaalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkahu
noun islet
bookmarkanga
adjective pay attention to (notice), be aware of
bookmarkbaieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbaluu
noun coconut crab
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bookmarkbii o madahasi
a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night
bookmarkbiihingi
verb having flat buttocks, ugly (because not plump)
bookmarkdaahanga
verb fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
dahola
verb fish, hunt (at night)
bookmarkdalaa ubu
noun charcoal from the coconut shell
bookmarkdalia
adjective tired
bookmarkdangalebu de moana
rough or choppy seas
bookmarkdanu de maasina
the setting of the moon
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkdauaa
verb wrinkled
bookmarkdee ni dago
never mind
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdelaa ange
that there is another one
bookmarkdemeenaa
that one where you are
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdogo huadia
verb a way of punting a canoe
bookmarkdogoisi mai
adjective decreasing (in number)
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdoo ai me
<= doo me ai>
bookmarkdoo mua
adjective very
bookmarkdua nnui
noun violence; a type of rope
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkgaba
adjective flap (as wings)
bookmarkgabanibaonga
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkgada-moana
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgano agau
reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgava-uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgave hua podo
sprint (footrace of short distance)
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgili agau
verb a moss-like covering of the reef; fish which live on the reef
bookmarkgolomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkgumedi de henua
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkhaangoda de lodo
to fish in the lagoon
bookmarkhagabiiginga
noun way of making sticky
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagadubu o de moe
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagailonga ange agina
assign (someone) to; use something as a landmark
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhagasomo de alelo
stickout one’s tongue
bookmarkhai ange
do to; do for, fix; say to
bookmarkhai de boo (o)
celebrate the birthday (of)
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhale dabeo
noun menstrualhut
bookmarkhale nnoa
noun prison,jail
bookmarkhesilihagi gee
to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance
bookmarkhobulaa
adjective a sound uttered esp. when liftingsomething
bookmarkhonu ssele
noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)
bookmarklaangai ngadi moana
a fishing condition in which tuna arebiting, but do not appear in schools
bookmarklama
noun a dry coconut leaf
bookmarklava ai donu huu
forget it
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklloba
adjective
fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);
lodo lanea
adjective large in volume
bookmarklou gulu
adjective pick breadfruit
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkme holu
noun bow
bookmarkmoeagi
verb do by stealth
bookmarkmogomogo
noun muscle
bookmarkngadi daumaha
adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults
bookmarknoho mai (adu, ange)
resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)
bookmarkoaa
adjective a sound indicating disagreement ordispleasure; oh my gosh
bookmarkoo iho (age)
adjective able to enter, going up (down)
bookmarkovea
verb disheveled (as the chicken feathers on a much-used trolling lure)
bookmarksaaluanga
a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksila
verb look for
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
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tinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarkuludino
shed skin (as reptiles do)
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