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adu
noun conglomerate, islet
bookmarkalohi
noun anything forming a semi-circle
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkava
verb passage, channel
bookmarkbaa ange
close to, near to
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbasa hagamao lunga
speak arrogantly
bookmarkbeluu
noun lizard; gecko
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdaalonga
noun a wound on the body
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdahuli de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkdala-galoi
noun fishsp.: puffer
bookmarkdamana
noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship
bookmarkdao beau
noun the wave following the highest one
bookmarkday
laangi
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdeelaa
there
bookmarkduu de gona
umbilical hernia
bookmarkduugia i de gai
be tired of eating a particular kind of food
bookmarkeba
noun a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkege
verb raise up (so that higher)
bookmarkgaagose
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgai hagassii
verb eat messily (letting the food fall from one’s hands and mouth)
bookmarkgammenge-olomanga
noun mollusksp.: thais armigera
bookmarkgamua
verb covered with gamu
bookmarkgapese
a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgavada
noun
a type of basket
gave bae
noun a row of stones piled on top of each other
bookmarkgeesaama
noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkguuduma
noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)
bookmarkhagaao
verb intend to stay up until daybreak
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadabena ange
prepare for
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hagadau doa
adjective to show one’s strength by doing something difficult
bookmarkhagadege
verb cause to wiggle the hips once
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
adjective superstitious; to believe in ghosts
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagaodea
the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhagatanga
adjective funny, silly
bookmarkhhau
verb tie up,fasten by tying (wrapping)
bookmarkhua modo
noun fisheggs (immature)
bookmarkhulo gee
go away
hulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkhune
noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarki hee ai goe
you lose
bookmarkkano siabo
noun the meat on the side of the fish’s head
bookmarkkeli
adjective root around (disturbing the coral layer of a yard by shuffling, or by pawing the ground)
bookmarkkumi
verb to squeeze by grabbing
bookmarklabua
verb knead thoroughly
bookmarkleba
verb flap in the wind (like a flag)
bookmarklou
a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmainu daodao
malinongia
verb be calmed (e.g., seas)
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
mataia mai
seen being mataia
bookmarkmee mmala
noun gallbladder
bookmarkmmogo
verb insist upon
bookmarkmomme hagadaahao
noun playground
bookmarkmuli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarkmuli moni
noun stern
bookmarkngadolia
verb to have ngado
bookmarkngani
adjective going around in a complete circle (likea belt)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarksaga gee
saga away from; extend out inspace
bookmarksalaboli
noun may
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarktao o de moso
coconut frond spine which has fallen and stuck upright in the ground
bookmarkvakaa
be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation
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