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angaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
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bolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkdaa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkduu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgabigabidia
verb repeatedly held
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgau looloa gaadinga
noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagalagolago
verb cause to increase in numbers, multiply
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhesilisilihagi
verb repeatedly hesilihagi
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhuuhuu
verb to clap one’s wet hands together (to dry them)
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmugamuga
verb
the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed
ngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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