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aalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkau ga sano
I give up
bookmarkbaa ssalu
adjective carom off violently
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbae mamu
noun fish weir
bookmarkbigi
adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)
bookmarkbole gi de gai
eat ravenously
bookmarkbuu unga
noun an empty seashell; one of (a pair of) diving goggles
bookmarkdaaea
noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)
bookmarkdaea
adjective to have arrived at
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdaiao age
the following morning
bookmarkdau ama
noun the mast stay tied to the outrigger boom
bookmarkdau namu
noun mosquitonet
bookmarkdaumaha de manu
noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears
bookmarkde aha
which is it
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdelaa huu
that was it just as before
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdogoisi loo huu
very few
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduu modu
vertical cut
bookmarkgalani
adjective
almost finished, nearly finished;
ganae-oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgaunga
noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgoloa baalanga
noun metal-working tools
bookmarkgoso
adjective bothered, annoyed
bookmarkgu odi ange ona
he has done all he could
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
haangoda de boo
a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)
bookmarkhadu o de mamu
noun the hard stomach-like organ of certain fish
bookmarkhagadabena ange
prepare for
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put someone into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagadanuaa
verb make good, lead a good life
bookmarkhagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadugu lalo
adjective self-deprecatory,downgrade
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
adjective make boxes
bookmarkhagaduulou
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkhagamaasui
noun a current which flows to the left
bookmarkhagasaa
adjective quarrel (like children)
bookmarkhagassoga
verb
hagatoo mua
verb take every possible precaution, insure
bookmarkhai de hagamaanadu
remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)
bookmarkhai me mulegi
to showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhale hai niho
dentist’s office
bookmarkhano kaba
adjective go immediately
bookmarki mua nei
beforehand
bookmarkilihia ssave
adjective the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
keli
adjective root around (disturbing the coral layer of a yard by shuffling, or by pawing the ground)
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarkleengia
verb jump on; be flown into
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklodo manege
adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser
bookmarkloimada
noun tears
bookmarklongohie
adjective big around, fat
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaanegabo
energetic
bookmarkmaanu iho
adjective to begin to fish while maanu
bookmarkmahedu
adjective folded up,rolled up
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalo haahine
noun dress
bookmarkmanu aabi
kite
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmee duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkmule
adjective slow; late
bookmarkmuumuu kaiaa
adjective to remain silent (in order to hide a misdeed of oneself or others)
bookmarknanua
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngadi laangi
noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished
bookmarkngavesi haangoda
fishing tackle box
bookmarknngie
noun plantsp.: crepemyrtleshrub(pemphis acidula forst.)
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkovea
verb disheveled (as the chicken feathers on a much-used trolling lure)
bookmarksabalia
verb be in a situation in which saba1
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarksigidaumaha
verb collection (in church),offering(in church), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksii bido lua
vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)
bookmarksoe lodo modu
to remain (or sit, or stand) motionless (as when praying)
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarkulu-davage
Indian coral tree
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