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alaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkbaba donu
adjective properly settled
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangadanga
adjective
loose (not tight)
dangidangi keli
adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech
bookmarkdaudai
adjective skillful fisherman
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
dee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarke dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
magimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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