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adi
verb relate news or gossip
bookmarkaloha iho
noun self-love
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbasa maalie
adjective speak moderately
bookmarkdaasugi
verb struggle to get free; jerking of the tail
bookmarkdaba de ganomada
instantaneous, in the blinking of an eye
bookmarkdagua-loa
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdahea iho
adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not
bookmarkdahuli de lodo
change of heart, change one’s mind, repent
bookmarkdaia e sseni
very sleepy
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdamaa-manu
noun birdsp.: sharp-tailedsandpiper(erolia acuminata)
bookmarkdamana mai i daha
stepfather
bookmarkdangada haigamaiana
noun worthwhile person
bookmarkdao me hholu
noun arrow (for a bow)
bookmarkdau
noun cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdohu ange
sufficient for
bookmarkdoo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkdoolohi
verb chase,run after
bookmarkege iho
adjective lower (something)
bookmarkgadebega
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgainanga
verb a person having special powers (occult powers, strength, status, or knowledge)
bookmarkgaunga
noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire
bookmarkgemo
adjective fast, swift
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgoloa haangdoa
noun fishing gear
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhaa llau
number four hundred
bookmarkhaadenga
noun measurement
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagadulagi
verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagapasa
verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other
bookmarkhagasiilangaa mada
noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)
bookmarkhagasiva (ina)
verb make a total of nine
bookmarkhagavvale
verb spiritpossession
bookmarkhagi ade
adjective insult (someone)
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai hegau hilo
work hypocritically (appearing to follow the rules but secretly violating the prohibitions)
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun fishsp.: flatfish
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkhhali
verb scoop up (of solids only)
bookmarkhhanga
verb split open, open up, or separate, all at once
bookmarkhhule
verb to expose the head of the penis by pulling back the foreskin
bookmarkhidi de mamu dunu
curling up of fish (when cooked)
bookmarkhulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkiga-loa
noun fishsp. (a small flying fish)
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkkano mouli
noun fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarkkona
adjective very, too much
bookmarklaagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarkleba
verb flap in the wind (like a flag)
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarklloba
adjective
fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);
llonga
verb muscle fatigue
bookmarklodo degi
adjective having a forgiving nature
bookmarklongohie
adjective big around, fat
bookmarkmadaanga hulu
number ten
bookmarkmaga de hoe
to paddle vigorously
bookmarkmagi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot
bookmarkmahidi
adjective
separated from and curled up from
malui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanugia
adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water
bookmarkmoana
noun open sea, the atmosphere
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarknao baasua
verb to collect baasua
bookmarkngadolo
adjective a landslide or similar movement of things
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarkngudula
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarknoho
verb settle somewhere; live somewhere
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkolaa
adjective a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksaava
verb skinny,thin (lacking in flesh)
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksaibo saele
adjective rush around aimlessly (of a group of people)
bookmarksau
noun
saulaba
noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law
bookmarksavala
adjective interested in, enjoys
bookmarksii bido lua
vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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