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aalohi
noun the portion of the atoll lagoon just lagoonward of the fringing reef
bookmarkaha
verb what
bookmarkanaa ange naa
about that
anaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkbaa huu i --
just like
bookmarkbagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbangi dua beau
a certain way of pinching with the fingers
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkbuu
adjective be greasy
bookmarkdaa taahili
adjective sing a melody
bookmarkdaahaa
dalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangada gohu
noun ignorant person
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdilo gaiaa
verb sneak a look
bookmarkdoi
verb
stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps
doo mua
adjective very
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkduu nui
adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgaagose
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
bookmarkgai holoholo
verb eat fast
bookmarkgammenge-hai-gili-dabeo
noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma
bookmarkgauligi mai ange
the one next younger still
bookmarkgii talinga
tinnitus
bookmarkgili dama
verb soft-skinned
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkgogoo
adjective
goloa baalanga
noun metal-working tools
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundary stone
bookmarkhagaai
adjective be in a serious situation
bookmarkhagaava ange
lean on someone for support
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagahula
noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhai gaiaa
verb use without permission
bookmarkhai huaabodu
treat someone (including one’s spouse) as a relative by not asking permission to use or borrow property; treat a relative as belonging to another family altogether
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhano kaba
adjective go immediately
bookmarkhiloa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkhuuhuna
adjective
hide
kano made
adjective slightly aged meat
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklua-aligi
adjective chiefmate (of a european ship)
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkluu panava
noun scrotum (whole thing)
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmadalua maa lima
number twenty five
bookmarkmadea
verb identify,recognize
bookmarkmagulu
adjective defeated
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
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manu-a-madaligi
noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmau
adjective
usual
maua laa
nevermind
bookmarkmee hai ada
camera
bookmarkmodu gee
cut away from; separated from
bookmarkmoele
a lie
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmuna o de henua
noun a community meeting (for listeningto speeches or instructions)
bookmarkmuu
noun fishsp.: snapper (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarkpaa
adjective explode,burst
bookmarkpili
adjective be bored
bookmarkpono
verb to close
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
tangada hagaai
poor fellow!
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