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aabi
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkama
noun outrigger float
bookmarkanaboo nei
tonight (past)
bookmarkanumia
verb bobbing in the water
bookmarkau doga
noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary
bookmarkbaa sala
adjective be clumsy (in physical contest)
bookmarkbaalasi ange
compete hard against (as in team sports)
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkdaabui
verb enclose
bookmarkdahido mada
noun inner corner of the eye
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdalia
noun plantsp.
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
de gau duuli sou
gilbertese people
bookmarkdee mahana tae
stay for only a short time
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdiinonga-o-salo
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdonga
noun plantsp.: orientalmangrove(bruguiera gymnorhiza (l.) lam.)
bookmarkdoo ai me
<= doo me ai>
bookmarkdoo me
verb plant things
bookmarkdoo mua
adjective very
bookmarkduulua
noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgalamata
noun eye
bookmarkgalemu
unclassified
galeve vii
noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy
bookmarkgede aola
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgida ma gida
each individual...
bookmarkgide
verb see
bookmarkgo
hano
bookmarkhadu lunga
noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaava ange
lean on someone for support
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard or fast as possible
bookmarkhagasegea
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagatangohi
verb the fading of light after sunset
bookmarkhai goinga
adjective aggrandizement of one’s land holdings by moving others’ goinga
bookmarkhai madangi
adjective passwind (flatus)
bookmarkhai modo
verb eat (or pick) when still unripe
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhhadi iho luu vae
take a short break (in work involvingstanding)
bookmarkhoe
noun a canoepaddle
bookmarkhuevini
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
idi
verb to husk (a coconut) with one’s teeth
bookmarkiholia
verb useful for climbing down
bookmarkila
verb a mole (not raised) , or other permanent black spot on the skin
bookmarkkangi odi
adjective too sharp
bookmarkkeli
adjective root around (disturbing the coral layer of a yard by shuffling, or by pawing the ground)
bookmarklangadia
verb able to remain afloat with a load
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklevango
adjective fight
bookmarklua-malama
time noun february (’second month’)
bookmarkluu agu
pronoun my (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkmadagauhala
noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmanu ea
noun coralhead (at or broaching the surface of the water)
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmmoa gango
adjective burned food which has been overcooked
bookmarkmoso
noun birdsp.: starling (apolonis opacus)
bookmarkngudu ai
act as an interpreter
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkodi mai (adu, ange)
all (e.g., have come)
bookmarkono llau
number six hundred
bookmarkoo tanga
adjective too big (clothes), spacious
bookmarkpago
adjective the sound of any sudden violent contact; the sound of an explosion
bookmarksaahea
adjective be caught (esp. fish) and secured
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksogoisi loo huu
somo boi
grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarktainadaane
noun brother
bookmarkttea
adjective white
bookmarkulungaa iga
a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.
bookmarkvaagia
found or caught doing something wrong
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