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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkalaa dagodo
those there are the circumstances...
bookmarkalo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkbae mamu
noun fish weir
bookmarkbauanga
noun worth, value
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbolo
verb make a will (for oneself or others)
bookmarkbudu
noun the appearance of many fish (or birds, or animals which are good to eat) after a death
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdagahi
verb step on, kick with one’s heel
bookmarkdagodo gee (ma)
another thing altogether;different (from); recuperating (after an illness)
bookmarkdaguu
noun axe
bookmarkdahea
adjective
drift
dahi i daho dangada
very popular
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdamadaa
verb to have started it; to have begun it
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkde gau duuli sou
gilbertese people
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dogoisi loo huu
very few
bookmarkdonu
adjective understand; truth, right, correct
bookmarkdugu de laa
lower sail
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkgaaui i tao
a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear
bookmarkgabia
verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgai lima lua
eat greedily (with both hands)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgavange
adjective
give or bring to (someone)
goli manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkgoobai lau
noun a hat made from pandanus leaves
bookmarkgoonanga
noun a record set by an individual (or team)
bookmarkhagaao
verb intend to stay up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaboo
adjective greet; take leave of
bookmarkhagadali
verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)
bookmarkhagaduu de uinga
to place stakes on the sides of uinga
bookmarkhagahana iho
adjective recook for a little while
bookmarkhagaleo
verb to produce sound
bookmarkhagamanavasaa
risky, dangerous
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagapilo
verb let decay; allow to stink
bookmarkhai gaavenga
verb restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai naa hanu me
something will happen...
bookmarkhainamanilaluoo
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhhanga lua
verb split in two
bookmarkhhola mai saiolo
to allow the sail to fill with wind, holding on to the boom sheet (after luffing)
bookmarkhonu-uda
noun insectsp. (small and turtle-like)
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhuaahuu daalo
noun a type of prepared food (like huaahuu, with the addition of bananas or something else sweet)
bookmarkiga
noun fish (archaic, except in compounds)
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarkkano maalama
noun a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarkkii ange
increase
bookmarklau ngago
noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal
bookmarkllena luu mada
lohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklunga ange
up more
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkmmade ange aalanga
adjective completely exhausted; completelydiscouraged
bookmarkmmao
adjective far,distant
bookmarkmmoli gee
haul away from
bookmarkmmuni
adjective hidden,hide
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmoso
noun black bird species (eats fruit)
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkniho ngalo
noun molarteeth, wisdomteeth
bookmarkomaadeu
pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpai
verb a type of cloud formation like babaiangi
bookmarksae de hadu
make a grater (by punching holes insheet metal)
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarkse mouli dangada
rascal
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
bookmarksuisui
become wet
bookmarktao tangada
to immerse a person in medication
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