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ago
verb learn, teach
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkalahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkaloha ina
helpful toward
bookmarkanaa ai loo
those then are
bookmarkanu age
to dance below people
bookmarkbabaiangi
verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)
bookmarkbakau dahi de manu
not to go fishing when other groups are going
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdao de laangi
celebrate
bookmarkdao tili
noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached
bookmarkdee abo
uncomfortable (esp. socially)
bookmarkdili dangada
adjective to fail to discharge one’s obligations to help (esp. one’s kin)
bookmarkdoli de henua
to defeat all comers
bookmarkdua lligi
adjective thin (line or rope, etc.); fine (thread, etc.); tenderly
bookmarkdubua
noun a person of extraordinary ability
bookmarkduoi
noun parasites (intestinal) of fish
bookmarkduu saba
adjective unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkea gi lunga
to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)
bookmarkga vaa laa dangada
oh dear (that’s not good)
bookmarkgada
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkgannui mada makaga
gannui which is firm
bookmarkgaunga
noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire
bookmarkgede gabi de husi
noun
a type of basket
giado
noun outriggerboom
bookmarkgoohunga
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkguani
noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)
bookmarkhaau
verb suckle (at the breast)
bookmarkhadu o de mamu
noun the hard stomach-like organ of certain fish
bookmarkhagabudu me
adjective selfish
bookmarkhagadagodo gee ina
change
bookmarkhagadau gaiaa
adjective steal from one another
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagahi
verb call (someone) once
bookmarkhagailoo
verb announce
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagasegea
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhai me madua
act grown up
bookmarkhaigamaiana
adjective effective,useful,worthwhile,important
bookmarkhaitoga
noun an opening for a door or window
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhhali
verb scoop up (of solids only)
bookmarkhonga iainei
at this time,these days
bookmarkhuna me
a habitual thief
bookmarkihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarkkolu de henua
pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)
bookmarklanga de gubenga
to pull up a gubenga to store it away
bookmarklaohie age
improving condition (of weather)
bookmarklava ai donu huu
forget it
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lodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarklongosaa
adjective small around, thin
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluu ogu
pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkmaanuga
verb a wound1 or large sore (on the body)
bookmarkmadaa duge
noun the tip of a duge
bookmarkmadaaolo
noun capital of
bookmarkmadannia
noun finger
bookmarkmahedua
noun sneeze
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmanga
noun a branch, part of (something havingcoordinate parts)
bookmarkmanigangi
adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse
bookmarkmanu solo maadau
file (for filing metal)
bookmarkmao lunga
adjective high,high-ranking
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkme ssongo aha
useless thing
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
moni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngani
adjective going around in a complete circle (likea belt)
bookmarkngani mai
ngani toward oneself; fit (of clothes)
bookmarkodo
verb to roof (a house), to thatch (a house)
bookmarkohu
verb a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarkpada
adjective be coarse in texture, grain, weave, etc.
bookmarksaaluanga
a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksaga
adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)
bookmarksalaa
flying fish
bookmarksauligi
noun a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarkse aha goe
you’re a nobody
bookmarksele gi tonu
make sure of
bookmarksenga
crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarktangada mange
now you’ve done it!
bookmarkvasu
like
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