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aahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkadilo
noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire
bookmarkagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkalaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkanei ai huu
these only then
bookmarkanu age
to dance below people
bookmarkbaa huu i --
just like
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
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bouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkdaga ula
verb go lobster catching
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
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dangaligi
noun type of basket
bookmarkdenei sili
this is enough
bookmarkdii de laa
the shining of the sun
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdiinei mai dege
to round off a sharp edge
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkduu de gona
umbilical hernia
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
eba
a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgai lima dahi
to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective eat messily
bookmarkgaleve vii
noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy
bookmarkganae
noun fishsp.: mullet
bookmarkgava-dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgave lodo
adjective attract attention
bookmarkgolomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkguuduma
noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)
bookmarkhaa lodo
noun the inner coconut palm frond
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagadau vaasuu
adjective be attracted to or like each other(of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadubu o de moe
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadugu lalo
adjective self-deprecatory,downgrade
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagaoomea
verb to wait until oomea
bookmarkhagapuuninga
noun a total of
bookmarkhagasahu
verb to catch water (in something)
bookmarkhagavvale
verb spiritpossession
bookmarkhasi
verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk
bookmarkhatinga
noun crook of the knee or elbow
bookmarkheloongoi
adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another
bookmarkhenuu
verb a method of plaiting
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhhoa de usu
to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhhuu
adjective chuckle
bookmarkhua-ala
noun flower
bookmarkhuaahenua
community
bookmarkhuda
noun
huuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkieiangi
adjective recovered from illness
bookmarkigauli
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
bookmarkiho daahagi
adjective
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears
laaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarkloage
adjective
go (up or toward the village, or land)
lolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklua-aligi
adjective chiefmate (of a european ship)
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaangi
adjective soar or glide in the air
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmagamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmaleasa
noun fishsp. : tang (a kind of igauli)
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmaluu
verb soft
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
mmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmoomada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, by and by
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksou daane
noun a sudden strong gust of wind
bookmarktagudai
noun coast, shoreline
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