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adaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkaha nei
let’s (now)
bookmarkalaa ange huu
that there
anei ai
these (here) only
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbalia
adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)
bookmarkbasa pada
adjective speak harshly
bookmarkbedage ina
shallow on the inside
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkbulubuludi
verb keep hugging
bookmarkdaa hagapodo
verb
daa iho
adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
dahuli de vae
dislocated ankle
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdau gadea
noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)
bookmarkdenei ange naa
about this
dibo
noun infant
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dogi
noun adze
bookmarkdogi hoda
noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like
bookmarkdooa
verb planted
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
dulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduu duli
adjective kneel
bookmarkgaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgauea
noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgelu haiusu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgili ulunga
noun pillowcase
bookmarkgo
hano
bookmarkguba
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)
bookmarkhagaali
verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious
bookmarkhagadania
verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagaduasala
verb suffer,punish
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagadumanu
verb cause to look like
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagahulu
verb make a total of ten
bookmarkhagailangi
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagalaangaa
verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai me dogaa
behave with embarrassment or shyness
bookmarkhai modo
verb eat (or pick) when still unripe
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhaonga i ode
noun urethra
bookmarkhhoda
gasp for breath
bookmarkhili gee
sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
huadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkhune
noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarklaavasi
noun meat (or fish, or seafood) which issuitable as food
bookmarklanibene
adjective separation in coconut oil (when it is aging)
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklengisi
noun insectsp.: moth spp.
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lua-malama
time noun february (’second month’)
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaahuge
maailaba
noun axis (or long thing through the center of something)
bookmarkmada luu mada
noun in the presence of someone
bookmarkmalo lau manu
cloth with a flowered pattern
bookmarkmatili mai
remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers
bookmarkmmade aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkmoana dabeo
verb rough seas
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkngaue
adjective move (oneself), moved
bookmarkodea
adjective noon, midday
bookmarkodi sango
adjective completely cleaned up or finished; all gone; each and every oneall gone
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarkpuugunga
noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances
bookmarksaiolo
noun
a sail
sigale
scull (a boat)
bookmarksila
verb look for
bookmarkssave
flying fish
bookmarktua
outside
bookmarkuadanga
an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship
bookmarkvalagei
whip black coral
bookmarkvvede
to massage
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