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abi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkalaa ai loo
those there then are
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkalohi lima
noun palm (of hand)
bookmarkalukaba
verb leave quickly (usually under duress)
bookmarkau doga
noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary
bookmarkau hagi
verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbuada
verb sling
bookmarkbuliaamo
adjective sad
bookmarkdaahanga
verb fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkdaelodo odi ange
evennumber
bookmarkdagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdagabuli
verb gather together in a group
bookmarkdalimasanga
verb way of tying (rope, etc.)
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdau
pronoun your (singular; for singular, alienable noun)
bookmarkdauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkdee hai gee
be tied (e.g., in a footrace)
bookmarkdee ngado mai
forever,eternally
bookmarkdee savala
uninterested in; not enjoy
bookmarkdenei ai huu
this is it still
bookmarkdiingia
verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdoha
verb to spreadout (something)
bookmarkduu biho
adjective haircut; cut hair
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgabinivali
noun a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgalo gila
goatfish
bookmarkgaloi
gamu
verb cut (something)
bookmarkgede hangaabo
noun
a type of basket
gulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaai
adjective be in a serious situation
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabela
verb provide bela for
bookmarkhagadaahao ai
do something as though it were a game
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagalagolago
verb cause to increase in numbers, multiply
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagasaalunga de langi
a member of the christian endeavor society
bookmarkhainamanilaluoo
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkkabi
verb tight (of clothes),stuffed
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarklodo degi
adjective having a forgiving nature
bookmarklodo gi me
adjective acquisitive, covetous
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmadalua maa hidu
number twenty seven
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmagi dabeo
menstruation
bookmarkmagi dehenua
verb have fever
bookmarkmagiaa
adjective envious, jealous (non-sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmahedu
adjective folded up,rolled up
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmanava duuia
adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)
bookmarkmangoo-senga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmasulu de maasina
"a person has died."
bookmarkmau haahine
adjective attractive to women (for someinexplicable reason)
bookmarkme abadai
European things (gear, etc)
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarknebu
verb to do something so earnestly that one has no time to talk; be very busy
bookmarknebua
verb be nebu
bookmarkngadolo
adjective a landslide or similar movement of things
bookmarkngae
noun head
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarknnoa nounu
verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it
bookmarknoho mai (adu, ange)
resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarksabalia
verb be in a situation in which saba1
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksaugalo
verb stir
bookmarksogoisi loo huu
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