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aahee donu
exactly which
bookmarkabulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkalaa naa
those only
bookmarkanei naa
these (here) only
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkaoa
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: banyan tree (Ficus prolixa Forst.)
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbeaha
adjective to be in a serious condition, critically ill or injured
bookmarkbonga
adjective bent, curved, defective (of fruit)
bookmarkbuliaamo
adjective sad
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdae maduu
noun a method of pulling flying fish into the canoe with a hand net
bookmarkdagodo lalo
adjective seriously ill and not improving
bookmarkdagodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
dama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdangi iho
adjective cry to oneself
bookmarkdegi
verb to jerk; get something quickly
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdii
verb shine (sun)
bookmarkdoi
verb
stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps
doo de gai me
miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)
bookmarkduadonu
adjective luck, good fortune
bookmarkduu de umada
noun a rainbow appearing in the sky
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgaleve vii
noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy
bookmarkgaloa
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgavada
noun
a type of basket
gea
noun hawksbillturtle
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgoloa hai hegau
noun tools (for work)
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagabido
verb
carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end
hagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadonu muna
adjective act as an interpreter
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagamao lalo
verb humble,modest
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhagassahu
verb to try one’s best to do something bad or harmful
bookmarkhagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhakolona
noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)
bookmarkhano mouli
verb disappear alive, especially into another world
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhooia donu huu
at the best possible time or place
bookmarkhuna me
a habitual thief
bookmarkiai sago
adjective having special ability (strength, power, etc.) which others do not have, a strong or powerful (person)
bookmarkisi
verb to peel off in long thin strips
bookmarkkano maailaba
noun the wood next to the core of a tree
bookmarklangadala
noun (a piece of) thatch made from coconut palm frond
bookmarklaomalie
adjective big
bookmarklilo
adjective disappear, vanish; sheltered(from the elements)
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklua llau
number two hundred
bookmarkmaanegabo
adjective energetic
bookmarkmade sala
adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another
bookmarkmahu
adjective healed (of a sore)
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalau age
free of hardship (after having had it)
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkmoaga
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmoahulu
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmodomodo
ngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarknigo
verb go around in a circle; wind around
bookmarknoa
verb tied (as with rope)
bookmarkohu
verb a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarksaagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarksai moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarkse me be hee
extraordinary or unusual (esp. in size)
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksilivaahea
verb wander about with no fixed abode
bookmarksou
verb a gust of wind
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