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aahee loo
when (distant future)
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbaa donu
adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbili
adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activites, religious activities
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
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dangada lo te gohu
noun unenlightened person
bookmarkdangada ngauda
adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber
bookmarkdango
noun cat’s-eye (of a shell); operculum of a gastropod
bookmarkdau honu
noun the season during which tides are highest
bookmarkdau me
verb the sheath of the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkdaula mada lau nui
noun a rope for tying palm fronds together to make a belubelu seine
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkde hine ga haibodu
noun bride
bookmarkdee dolia
verb impossible to find the equal of(dehors concours)
bookmarkdenei ange naa
about this
diibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit
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dogi
noun adze
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdongi de lae
noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkduiagi
verb fishing using a whole fish as bait
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkgainga o de moana
fish (when abundant in the ocean nearby)
bookmarkgave hua loa
gili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhaanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaalo-mea
verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaboongia
verb remain somewhere until dark
bookmarkhagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagamao lunga
verb arrogant,haughty,overbearing,proud
bookmarkhagasegelia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagatala gee
wanting always to hagatala
bookmarkhagavalu (ina)
verb make a total of eight
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhale maadenga
noun mortuary house
bookmarkhangaabo
verb the fitting together of the two halves of something, so that it is closed
bookmarkhau singano
noun garland of singano
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencil urchin
bookmarkhelii-baalanga
noun plantsp.: grasssp.
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhhadi iho luu vae
take a short break (in work involvingstanding)
bookmarkhodu
adjective sighted, appear
bookmarkhusi
noun tarobog, swamp
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkkala
adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklanga de gauanga
to lift up the leg of an opponent in wrestling
langi maakau
noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarklatabagea
noun an ornament made of turtle shell
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklipaidonga
noun mollusksp.: turbo petholatus
bookmarkllimu
noun a small honu
bookmarklodo manege
adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser
bookmarkmada gi lodo
adjective a point which is bent inward (toward its handle)
bookmarkmada mmea
adjective dark red
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagi kino
adjective loss of appetite
bookmarkmagi ssae aalanga
sore muscles (not associated with strain)
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmalo gahu
adjective shirt
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmami
noun papaya; papaya tree
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched
bookmarkmanuhi
noun hemorrhage
bookmarkmassogosogolia
verb to have been by oneself
bookmarkmoana dabeo
rough seas
bookmarkmodomodo
ngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkoa
noun gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarkvasu
timid, shy
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