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aahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkabuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkaha bagua
noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)
bookmarkalava
noun fish sp.: shark sp.
bookmarkaloage
aloha gelo
noun profound affection
bookmarkanaa ai loo
those then are
bookmarkanaa laa
these (there) which were there
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaa sege
adjective carom off
bookmarkbonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkdaa sseu
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdagahi ange gi de --
serve as a side dish for
bookmarkdagimomo
adjective few for each one
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdanu de maasina
the setting of the moon
bookmarkdau hoohanga
verb the season during which birds lay eggs
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdongi de lae
noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies
bookmarkdoo de gulabe
prolapsed rectum
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkgabi saele
adjective carry around holding
bookmarkgalubu
noun a type of toy
bookmarkgau mai vaga
noun <= gau mai moni>
bookmarkgava-dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoinga
noun a boundary marker (of stone)
bookmarkgu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkguani
noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)
bookmarkgulu koi
noun a type of prepared food (breadfruit which has been cooked over hot coals with the skin on)
bookmarkhaa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhadugolaa
noun
any stone of volcanic origin
hagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagamaaiongi
adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)
bookmarkhagammidi
verb suction of a sea current, undertow
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhakaa tuai
adjective to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhale maadenga
noun mortuary house
bookmarkhhuda
adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhili gee
sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkkano maailaba
noun the wood next to the core of a tree
bookmarklaho
aerial foot of the pandanus tree
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklligi
adjective
fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small
llou
hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarklodo kabi
verb filled to capacity
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmanigangi
adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse
bookmarkmanu-a-tababa
noun
plantsp.: cycadplant
mao lunga
adjective high,high-ranking
bookmarkmaoli
a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarkmasi
verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe
bookmarkmassaa (ina)
verb despised by others
bookmarkme hanga dalogo
ingredients of dalogo
bookmarkme holu
noun bow
bookmarkme mmilo
noun current (in the sea)
bookmarkmolimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkngaage nei
gilbertislands
bookmarkngudu malie
eloquent (of a person)
bookmarknoho senga (adu)
adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)
bookmarknoodalo
duplicate
bookmarkobe
noun eye of the taro corm
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thighbone
bookmarksenga manu
adjective stupid (like an animal)
bookmarktolu-laangi
Wednesday (’third day’)
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