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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkaau ai naa
more so
bookmarkadu
noun fishclub (priest)
bookmarkahe
verb return, go back
bookmarkatangada
noun generation, age set
bookmarkbili makaga
adjective love
bookmarkdangadanga
adjective
loose (not tight)
dangii
noun fishsp. (= small valu)
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkde heduu o taiao
noun morningstar
bookmarkdee ngado mai
forever,eternally
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkduu inai
gai me hagadau doa
eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhaangoda dua beau
a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagasegedia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagausinga
noun raincloud (includes all cumulus types)
bookmarkhakaadia
verb make tightly packed
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
kono
adjective grunt (once)
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmasavaa
noun time when, time of; between, amongst
bookmarkmau goloa
adjective rich in material possessions
bookmarkmaua
verb to be able to
bookmarkme aha ai
what for
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkoho boo
adjective to oho while still dark
bookmarksali
adjective flow, seep
bookmarksii
verb spill out (e.g. too much food in your mouth)
bookmarksugi launui
noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf
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