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abo sala
adjective mean (by nature), unkind
bookmarkaduhale
noun village
bookmarkangaanga magau
noun dead body
bookmarkbanunu
daina ahine
noun sisters
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdoluu
pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
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duu mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkedee maua
impossible
bookmarkgaago
noun chicken
bookmarkgaleve
alcoholic beverage made from the coconut palm
bookmarkgava dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkhaa llau
number four hundred
bookmarkhagadau bale
cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagadiinonga
treat as having supernatural power
bookmarkhagallogo
chant (in the old religious ceremony)
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagamogomgo
cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagapago donu
fortunate result
bookmarkhagasele age
make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion).
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhano mouli
disappear alive, especially into another world
bookmarkhhanga
split open, open up, or separate, all at once.
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhulo saaele
verb wander around
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarklaangai buusagi
a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarkluu adaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkluu olaadeu
pronoun their (for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarknoho
verb settle somewhere; live somewhere
bookmarkodaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksabiningaa lau
Seedaa
October
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksenga
crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksomo boi
grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarkssele i de niho
damn it!
bookmarksugulu
noun school
bookmarksuunibongi
a coral formation resembling a man at the bottom of the lagoon; a method of pole fishing at night
bookmarktamana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandfather
bookmarktangada hai me dabu
cult priest
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkunahi
scale (of a fish)
bookmarkvasu ai
like it
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Anderson, Gregory D.S., Johnny Rudolph, Maynard Henry, Kurt Erwin and K. David Harrison. 2103.
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