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ahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkala galigi
noun a method of mat making
bookmarkalodahi hugadoo
everything, everybody, each and every
bookmarkaloha gelo
noun profound affection
bookmarkbona
noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdenga meelaa
those ones over there (plural)
bookmarkduanui
noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarkduunanga
noun that which has been cooked
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
bookmarkgahoo
verb wear
bookmarkgalamata
noun eye
bookmarkgeiuli
lizard species
bookmarkgoloa hebagi
arms (tools of war)
bookmarkhaaligi
wrap from under, wrap around; to something (e.g., a box, with paper)
bookmarkhagadubu gi se --
transfigure into a --
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth.
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagamudumudu
do slowly, delay
bookmarkhai gaavenga
restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhakaa tuai
to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhaonga i ode
noun urethra
bookmarkhenuu
placenta
bookmarkhonu tai
high tide
bookmarkhudaa lolo
flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklodo llidi
a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkmaadolu
adjective thick (fabric, paper, hair)
bookmarkmaangalo
sweet
bookmarkmahedua
sneeze
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmanu aabi
kite
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkmomme
a place
bookmarkniho
teeth
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck, punishment
bookmarkpono
noun lid; cap
bookmarksaagule
pick head lice
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarktainaahine o dogu damana
noun paternal aunt
bookmarktee langi
noun sky
bookmarkteve
adjective hair or feathers standing on end
bookmarktibitibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
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unahi
scale (of a fish)
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
bookmarkvakaa
be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation
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Anderson, Gregory D.S., Johnny Rudolph, Maynard Henry, Kurt Erwin and K. David Harrison. 2103.
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