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adamai
verb recollect or recall past events or persons, etc.
bookmarkadilo
noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire
bookmarkaha goi
what next
bookmarkbadodi gee
to jerk violently
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbili
adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)
bookmarkbualeu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkbuusagi
verb an eddy caused by a current
bookmarkdaalonga
noun a wound on the body
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdaguu kalo
noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdanuaa age
improved,better
bookmarkdau
noun cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdauaabulu
verb nearly sunk
bookmarkdee haaoa i de gai
gluttonous
bookmarkdenaa donu
that is it for sure
bookmarkdiibanga goo dii
a game played by children (to determinewho is "it")
bookmarkdiinonga
adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.
bookmarkdoi
noun stain (as for wood)
bookmarkdolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkdoo de gai me
miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkduu ange
adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duugau
noun legs at the base of the canoe mast
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
bookmarkgalo
adjective to show signs of being pregnant; a color change of fruit indicating ripening
bookmarkgalo hilo
verb not cooked completely
bookmarkganimuli
noun the second child of a couple
bookmarkgauea
noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkgida ma gida
each individual...
bookmarkgoloa o taane
male genitalia
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work
bookmarkhai de boo (o)
celebrate the birthday (of)
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhai me balavini
to conduct oneself clumsily
bookmarkhaula
verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)
bookmarkhaunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkhulu made
noun the fading of one’s hair color (becoming white)
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
kaba
adjective do prematurely
bookmarklaagau hagadauaadea
noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it
bookmarklaangai ngadi moana
a fishing condition in which tuna arebiting, but do not appear in schools
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklegia
noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklodo haa
loeaa
noun a type of game
bookmarkmaadau duiagi
noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)
bookmarkmaanadu bodobodo
adjective limited in intelligence
bookmarkmadangi danuaa
noun fresh air
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu de henua
noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmanu-gaba-aasanga
noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
bookmarkme hagadaahao
noun toy
bookmarkmmaunga
noun way of memorizing, (way of havingmemorized)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngavesi
noun box,coffin,crate
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarkoda
eat something raw
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarksau makaga de madangi
the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction
bookmarksengalia
verb deceived, fooled; made dependent upon(e.g., gifts)
bookmarksomo
adjective grow, develop; coconutapple
bookmarksua hadu umu
stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven
bookmarktama
noun child
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