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aloo anahee
for how long has this been going on
bookmarkanaa ange
and these (there)
bookmarkaoa-laosedi
noun gorgonian (coelenterate), false blackcoral
bookmarkbaalasi mai (adu)
shine a flashlight toward me (you)
bookmarkbadodi
verb to jerk to a stop (as at the end of a tether); stumble, trip (fall)
bookmarkbii
adjective semen, ejaculate
bookmarkbooiaa
adjective do something shameful (for shame)
bookmarkdamaa-manu
noun birdsp.: sharp-tailedsandpiper(erolia acuminata)
bookmarkde baasi gee
theopposing side
bookmarkdelaa huu
that was it just as before
bookmarkdii
verb shine (sun)
bookmarkdiinei de madangi
a decrease of wind velocity
bookmarkdogia
verb be wet from the rain
bookmarkdua nnui
noun violence; a type of rope
bookmarkduadonu
adjective luck, good fortune
bookmarkdugu de uinga
to lay down a new cover of palm frondson uinga
bookmarkgaha mea
adjective having orange coconuts (of a coconuttree)
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgau dagodo
noun the boom of a sail
bookmarkgau laagau
noun the shaft of a spear
bookmarkgidee mai
found out (or be found out)
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhadu lunga
noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)
bookmarkhagaalo-mea
verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaau gee
bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagadae
verb to give a hand net to
bookmarkhagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.
bookmarkhagadania
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagaduasala
verb suffer,punish
bookmarkhagaduu i luu goo
hagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhaganaa
verb to calmdown someone who is excited orunhappy
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhagasebugi
verb make a total of one billion
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhai dama
adjective pregnant
bookmarkhai me gavia
do crazy things
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhau manu
noun a garland of flowers, headdress, necklace
bookmarkhedaadoi
adjective collide
bookmarkhhali lo te laagau
a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkiho daahagi
adjective
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears
inai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkkala
adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.
bookmarkkave huaame
verb take the whole thing
bookmarkkosi
verb to scratch (once)
bookmarklaa ange
and those there
bookmarklaangidabu
time noun sunday
bookmarklaho
noun aerial root of the pandanus tree
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lau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarkleba
verb flap in the wind (like a flag)
bookmarkllohi
verb erosion of sand or soil (esp. of the beach by wave action)
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkloomai
adjective
come or go (toward the speaker)
maamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmagi ssae aalanga
sore muscles (not associated with strain)
bookmarkmahana age
heartburn <>
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmalo gahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmami
noun papaya; papaya tree
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmasaia
verb trapped by low water (e.g., canoes, or fish on the reef at low tide)
bookmarkme hagasahu vai
gutter (under the eaves of a house)
bookmarkminede
noun minute
bookmarkmuu-madavai
noun fishsp. (rare)
bookmarkngadi duu
adjective naked
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarkohua
verb characterized by having ohu
bookmarksaidule
verb wrapped up or covered up completely
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarkse gainga
abundant
bookmarksemada
numeral tens of thousands
bookmarksomo
adjective grow, develop; coconutapple
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarksou daane
noun a sudden strong gust of wind
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkvilidogi
catterbox, a person who speaks fast
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