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aaunga
noun the incompletely burned earth oven fuel remaining when the oven is uncovered
bookmarkadi
verb relate news or gossip
bookmarkalo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
anei ange naa
about this
baageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbau
adjective to be worth it
bookmarkbii o madahasi
a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night
bookmarkboaa
verb be caught in a storm
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdaa sseu
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
daina ahine
noun sisters
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdangaligi
noun type of basket
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdau maagau
noun a period during which many people die
bookmarkdee beaha
all rightit’s nothing
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdele de ada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkdenaa maa
that is about (approximately)
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdolo-mea
noun spinystarfish
bookmarkduadae
verb gullible, be a sucker
bookmarkdubuna aahine
noun grandmothers
bookmarkgaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgaleve vii
noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy
bookmarkganava
noun plantsp.: treesp.: cordiatree(cordia subcordata lam.)
bookmarkganimago
noun mollusksp.: malea pomum
bookmarkgauligi daane
male child, boy
bookmarkgede gabi de husi
noun
a type of basket
haaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabiho
verb cause to become a leader
bookmarkhagabulumau
adjective watch your step climbing
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagaditidi de hadu
to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagamadia
adjective show-off
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhakai-a-bagila
noun mollusksp.: cerithiidae spp.
bookmarkhalaasola
noun mollusksp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkhola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhulu
noun
hair (on the body)
kave dahi
adjective do at one time
bookmarkleva saele
adjective vagrant (having no fixed abode)
bookmarklloba
adjective
fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);
lodo basa
adjective talkative
bookmarkmaakau laa loo dangada
what a shame
bookmarkmaava
yawn
bookmarkmada nuui
adjective dark green in color
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmadamataia
verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia
bookmarkmalau ngudu
noun lips
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkme hanga dalogo
ingredients of dalogo
bookmarkme hhadu
noun falsehood,lie
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmuna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarkngalue de hakii
dislocated larynx
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkpala de langi
it’s raining
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarkse aha ga hai
it’s not possibledon’t worry about it (i don’t think so.)
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksivi
adjective giveup
bookmarksolo
to grate or file something; to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food made from grated taro
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
sou
a gust of wind
bookmarksua aaleloi
a wrestling maneuver
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity.
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
bookmarkvvede
to massage
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