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adaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkalahenua
noun plot of (bush) land, acreage
bookmarkanaa ai huu
those only then
bookmarkbabu honga agau
noun fish sp., wrasse
bookmarkbangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbasa hagamao lalo
speak humbly
bookmarkbiia
verb get wet
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdalia-mea
noun mollusksp.: mitra mitra
bookmarkdau ama
noun the mast stay tied to the outrigger boom
bookmarkdau maagau
noun a period during which many people die
bookmarkdelaa naa ()
that there will be it (will that be it)
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdinae o ssaiolo
<= dinae o de laa>
bookmarkduba
noun land crab sp. (small)
bookmarkduiagi
verb fishing using a whole fish as bait
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkeu sege
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgaaui i tao
a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear
bookmarkgabaduu
verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current
bookmarkgaha mea
adjective having orange coconuts (of a coconuttree)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgalohia
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgasi
adjective jump up (with both feet leaving the ground)
bookmarkgavia
crazy person; insane person,
bookmarkgide gauligi
verb to see from the perspective of a small child
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
gina
noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkguao
noun
the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore
hadu-mangeo
noun cushionstarfish
bookmarkhagaalo-malie
verb cause to become alomalie
bookmarkhagaao
verb cause to be sufficient
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagadae
verb to give a hand net to
bookmarkhagadali
verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)
bookmarkhagadolu (ina)
verb make a total of three
bookmarkhagaduai
verb cause to be worn out
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaduuhuli
verb to create duuhuli
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagailonga
noun fishsp. : damselfish
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagatala gee
wanting always to hagatala
bookmarkhai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhai me hebagi
be on the point of fighting
bookmarkhaunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkhelau
noun sorcery
bookmarkhenua mounga
noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)
bookmarkhilo
verb mix; braid strands of sennit
bookmarkhinangalomalie
adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world
bookmarkkena
noun pale; whitish yellow
bookmarklahu
verb investigate (to prove one’s suspicions)
bookmarkluu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmamu de lagi
noun the fish which live beyond the outer reef
bookmarkmanu dabeo
verb trees and shrubs which grow as weeds
bookmarkmasoasoa
spacious
bookmarkmassala
clear-headed
bookmarkmaua
verb to be able to
bookmarkmaunusi
adjective pulled out,removed (by pulling out)
bookmarkme naa gi...
I wish that...
bookmarkme ssongo aha
useless thing
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
mulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
noho lalo
adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)
bookmarkogo
noun purlin
bookmarksambagidaa
saulaba
noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law
bookmarkse hagabau
do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean
bookmarksee
adjective
barely, just barely
sobo
adjective rise up (as the sun), get up, jump up
bookmarkssae de manava
struggle to breathe
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity.
bookmarkulunga hala
a pillow made from a pandanus log, having various magical uses
bookmarkvalaai hagasili lodo
a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion
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