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aamua ange
higher
bookmarkabongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkao ina
inadvertently remain up until daybreak (=aoa)
bookmarkbadotodi
verb move jerkily
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkbusi
noun cat
bookmarkdaa sseu
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
bookmarkdaahia
verb cleanoff
bookmarkdaane dau
noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)
bookmarkdaula duu nui
noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground
bookmarkdenaa loo
that was the one
bookmarkdili dangada
adjective to fail to discharge one’s obligations to help (esp. one’s kin)
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdoli iho
adjective to obtain the biggest first
bookmarkdoo me (ai)
verb make fun of, ridicule
bookmarkdoo tuugau
a dislocation of the tuugau
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu de umada
noun a rainbow appearing in the sky
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgamu
verb coral (any kind)
bookmarkgano dea
noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkguani
noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)
bookmarkgubu vae
foot, ankle
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gulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhagaaigoli
noun a food tree on another’s land
bookmarkhagaava age
be relieved for a short time
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadau doa
adjective to show one’s strength by doing something difficult
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagalili
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagatoo mua
verb take every possible precaution, insure
bookmarkhagausi age
appearance of rain clouds on the horizon
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhakide gee
spoil (a child)
bookmarkhenua gee
foreign lands
bookmarkhhela
verb spread one’s legs wide apart at one time
bookmarkhodooligi
adjective chief (of the island)
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
ihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkkave dahi
adjective do at one time
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarkleanga
noun bad person
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarklongosaa
adjective small around, thin
bookmarkluei todo
adjective cough up blood
bookmarkmaahuge
maangalo
sweet
bookmarkmaasae
adjective hatched
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmaga de hoe
to paddle vigorously
bookmarkmagi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmagi nngali
verb any sickness leading to emaciation (e.g., t.b.); a wasting illness (terminal)
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmamu-duagaa
noun fishsp.: stingray
bookmarkmeemaagau
noun non-living thing
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
moomuna
adjective fatty
bookmarkmulo
verb rollup
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarkngole
verb use up, use unwisely (not saving some for later), waste
bookmarknngali
verb to take a bite out of something held in the hand (food only)
bookmarkoda
eat something raw
bookmarkpaa iho
explode from above
bookmarkpoo mai
a unit of measurement (from the end of the extended thumb to the other side of the clenched fist)
bookmarksaagahinoa
noun fishsp. (= small saabudu)
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarkse galubu
very fast
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksomo dae
fully mature coconut apple
bookmarksuisui
become wet
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
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