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adu
noun fishclub (priest)
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkau dili uda
an ocean current flowing toward land
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdagahi
verb step on, kick with one’s heel
bookmarkdaha de hia maa
about what time is it
bookmarkdangi hhadu
adjective cry for effect
bookmarkdaogave
noun a type of coconut tree
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdee gamalie
adjective do very attentively
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdonu
adjective understand; truth, right, correct
bookmarkduai lalo vae
noun a type of coconut grater which is placed under the leg
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkgaha mea
adjective having orange coconuts (of a coconuttree)
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgau-me
noun gill (of a fish)
bookmarkgii talinga
tinnitus
bookmarkgobegobe
adjective cough (repeatedly)
bookmarkgona
noun belly button
bookmarkgumedi hadu
noun
a bowl (pottery)
hagadubu mangoo
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkiho daahagi
adjective
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears
ilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship)
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarkkona ange
become much worse
bookmarklaangi hagadaahao
noun fieldday
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarkmade sala
adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
malau
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkmuu-madavai
noun fishsp. (rare)
bookmarknguu
squid
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
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