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aalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkaalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkaalohi modu
noun lagoonward of the islets of the atoll
bookmarkaduhale
adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house
bookmarkadumua
verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver
bookmarkagu age
say out loud
bookmarkbagibagi
noun
bala langi
noun rain
bookmarkbasa maalie
adjective speak moderately
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkdaane i lalo
noun a person who fails at everything he tries
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdamaa hine
noun girl,young woman,daughter
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdaohi age
donate,contribute
bookmarkde ia
the, thing, it
bookmarkdenei ange maalie
this is exactly right
bookmarkditidi
adjective to skim across the surface of land or water
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdoe
adjective leftover, remain
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkgaalau-ango
noun plantsp.: tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgide
verb see
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkguanga
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgubu vae
foot, ankle
bookmarkhaa-laangi
time noun
thursday
haangoda de lodo
to fish in the lagoon
bookmarkhadi aho
adjective
hagaau gee
bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadahea
verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe
bookmarkhagahaigamaiana
verb treat as important
bookmarkhagamaiana
adjective
hagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagao ngadaa
adjective expensive
bookmarkhagapili
adjective boring
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhidi de honu
movement of a turtle (when feeding orsubmerging)
bookmarkhoolu
noun prow (bottom part)
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarki ama
on the same side of a canoe as theoutrigger float
bookmarkinaho
noun a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)
bookmarkkadi ange
fastened on to (by being stuck in)
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
bookmarklegia
noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarkmaadau duiagi
noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
mada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmahedua
sneeze
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmaoli
a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmatoloia
noun a type of prepared food (made from dried breadfruit)
bookmarkmmala
adjective bitter, sour; unlucky
bookmarkmmao
adjective far,distant
bookmarkmmoa gango
adjective burned food which has been overcooked
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkngauda
inland of; landlubber
bookmarknoho lalo
adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)
bookmarknohu
noun fishsp.: stone-fish
bookmarknoodanga
noun bundle, knot; a set of 12 differentfishing lures
bookmarksaibo saele
adjective rush around aimlessly (of a group of people)
bookmarksavini
verb run
bookmarksili
adjective drawing to an end
bookmarksili muna
adjective inquisitive (prone to ask too many questions)
bookmarksingano
verb the flower of the pandanus tree
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksoe
adjective straight, not crooked; level
bookmarkssae de leo
to project one’s voice better (e.g., after clearing one’s throat)
bookmarksumu ina
to make diamond-shaped designs in plaiting, or lashing
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
bookmark
ubu
kneecap; the shell of a coconut
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