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alohi
noun anything forming a semi-circle
bookmarkbangi
noun a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit
bookmarkbinge
adjective pink
bookmarkbooiaa
adjective do something shameful (for shame)
bookmarkbuge
noun a bump on a tree trunk
bookmarkdagi
verb lead, show the way, leader (of a group); extend to
bookmarkdama naale
noun a talkative, deceitful person
bookmarkdangada henua gee
noun foreigners, strangers
bookmarkdangalebu
verb rough or choppy sea condition
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdee hemuu
not on speaking terms
bookmarkdelaa naa ()
that there will be it (will that be it)
bookmarkdele de gada
smile
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdua daabasi
noun the size of fishing line appropriate for tuna fishing
bookmarkduasivi
noun the back of the spine
bookmarkdubua
noun a person of extraordinary ability
bookmarkduu dalo
noun piece of soft taro
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object(such as a mat)
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgaleve vii
noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy
bookmarkgau bini
noun a tool used in braiding rope
bookmarkgili dalo
hillock
bookmarkgini manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkginogino
adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth
bookmarkgolomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkgoobai-o-lillo
noun mollusk sp.: trochus
bookmarkhaa llau
number four hundred
bookmarkhagaasanga
verb to create aasanga
bookmarkhagadaemaha
verb put weight on, make unhappy
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadubu o manu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahana ange
recook for a very little while
bookmarkhagahaunu
verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages
bookmarkhagamainu
verb provide with bait
bookmarkhagammae manava
verb tease cruelly
bookmarkhagapale
verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against
bookmarkhagassoe
verb straighten out; decide an issue (byhigher authority)
bookmarkhagi
verb pick (fruit) by grabbing and twisting off
bookmarkhai dahi heohi
maintain one’s position in an argument(against contrary positions)
bookmarkhai daina
adjective the relationship between siblings or cousins
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai kai
adjective show-off, proud
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhano goe
see what i told you
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhenuu
noun placenta
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkhhui mai tai
flow of the tide
bookmarkhidi de honu
movement of a turtle (when feeding orsubmerging)
bookmarkhie unu
thirsty
bookmarkhili de hau
make a hau
bookmarkhonga iainei
at this time,these days
bookmarkhonu ssele
noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)
bookmarkise-ngaio
needlefish
bookmarkkave gi de mahi
obtain by force
bookmarkkolu de henua
pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)
bookmarklaba
verb flash (as of lightning)
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklengisi
noun insectsp.: moth spp.
bookmarkllonga
verb muscle fatigue
bookmarklodo laanui
adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaadau hholu
noun a fishhook made of wire
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmadalama
noun tip of coconut palm leaf
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkme abo donu
real, true
bookmarkme naa gi...
I wish that...
bookmarkmommomo
adjective a little at a time
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkngaobo
verb easily bent out of shape
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkogo
verb pick up one at a time (by hand)
bookmarkoo iho (age)
adjective able to enter, going up (down)
bookmarksali ssaavale
adjective salivate
bookmarkseedaa
noun october
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
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