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abongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkanei ai laa
these then were those
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbabaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbinga
adjective be named, be called; regarded as
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
daaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
bookmarkdamana mai i daha
stepfather
bookmarkdau
noun chant (ancient)
bookmarkdau (umu)
noun a cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdeeai donu
positively no
bookmarkdelaa ange
that there is another one
bookmarkdelaa ange naa
about that
dilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying
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dingale
noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdumanu
noun appearance,situation
bookmarkduu kolu
adjective stand bracing oneself
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarkduu-uli
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkgalo
adjective look at, stare
bookmarkgannui mada makaga
gannui which is firm
bookmarkgau bini
noun a tool used in braiding rope
bookmarkgau bini baalanga
an iron rod
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgede hadu
noun
a type of basket
goloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkhadugolaa
any stone of volcanic origin [imported from volcanic islands].
bookmarkhagaahi
verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagaheiloo
verb make the acquaintance of
bookmarkhagalilo
verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)
bookmarkhagamadaagi
verb to teach someone to madaagi
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagammuni iho
adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhagasao
verb letout (something), disburse (money)
bookmarkhagavogi
verb a whistle (made with the lips)
bookmarkhai baasi
adjective take sides against, oppose
bookmarkhodu
adjective sighted, appear
bookmarkhuda
noun
hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave
bookmarkhuna me
adjective a habitual thief
bookmarkhusi
taro bag, swamp
bookmarklau iho laa
those of small size
bookmarklau manu
noun leaf of a plant
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarkllava ai
wrapped (tied) around; eat fish ormeat with a meal
bookmarklodo lanea
adjective indecisive,confused
bookmarklodo manege
adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklou
a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
castes (two) of aboriginal nukuoro society
bookmarkluu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmadaala
adjective able to remain awake for a long time
bookmarkmadaali
adjective lacking in oil (of a ripe coconut)
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmasavaa
noun time
bookmarkme hagadaahao
noun toy
bookmarkmomme aadea
noun clearing (e.g., in the woods)
bookmarkmoosugia ange
somewhat moosugia
bookmarkngadau iho
younger
bookmarkngadi biho
noun head
bookmarkngadi duu
adjective naked
bookmarkngii
verb a high-pitched sound
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarksaniba
silversides
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarktainaahine o dogu damana
noun paternal aunt
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
bookmarkvalea
moldy; to have been in place for a long time
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