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adamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkaduhale
adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house
bookmarkalaa ai laa
those there then were
bookmarkbagia
verb be hit (by wind, bullet, spear, etc.)
bookmarkbalu daaea
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbaluu
noun coconut crab
Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org
bookmarkbunei
noun fish sp.: batfish
bookmarkbuu goede
worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>
bookmarkdaaligidia
verb to have been moved about by the wind
bookmarkdaga ula
verb go lobster catching
bookmarkdagaa de maadau
to tie a leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdagu made
perhaps,maybe
bookmarkdangi talinga
adjective
tinnitus, a ringing sound in the ear
dao de laangi
celebrate
bookmarkdao o de nui
(topmost) roof support poles, wall plates(from the size of which one can estimate the maturity of those below)
bookmarkdatane-uli
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkdoo
verb get down, get off; take up a stringfigure (from another’s hands); fall;plant (something); drop down
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkgaa, ula
verb burn (intransitive)
bookmarkgabia
verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)
bookmarkgadinibidi
a type of fishook made from pearl shell
bookmarkgaleve
sakau drink
bookmarkganae oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgano siga
noun strands (of cloth)
bookmarkgasia
verb worthwhile,important,valuable
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgii talinga
adjective tinnitus
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgu oo ina mai
shout to announce important news (e.g., to announce the arrival of a ship)
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhaanialo
verb a bracing cross-beam <>
bookmarkhagaai
adjective be in a serious situation
bookmarkhagaau aloha
adjective poor (not rich)
bookmarkhagadau doo
verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagadau hai me ai
use jointly or collectively
bookmarkhagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagaheiloo
verb make the acquaintance of
bookmarkhagammidi
noun suction of a sea current, undertow.
bookmarkhagasee
adjective
just barely;
hagauea
verb a sleeping mat
bookmarkhai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhale dabeo
noun menstrualhut
bookmarkhasi
verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk
bookmarkhatuli
verb thunder
bookmarkhenua mounga
noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhhoda
adjective gasp for breath (once)
bookmarkhoohanga
adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)
bookmarkhoosenga
adjective shy,embarrassed,bashful
bookmarkhuda
noun
ialona
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkidi
verb to husk (a coconut) with one’s teeth
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklie
noun lice eggs
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarklua-baaua
time noun the second number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkma gu
and then
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmada agamu
noun the essential design features of tuai
bookmarkmada dangada ina
a person of importance (who is liked by the people)
bookmarkmadalua maa hidu
number twenty seven
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalo haahine
adjective a dress (female clothing)
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched
bookmarkmau haahine
adjective attractive to women (for someinexplicable reason)
bookmarkmmasi
adjective the ripened condition of the fruit of the pandanus (when the keys begin to fall)
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmoomada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarknao
verb to extract by gouging out with a finger
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarkpili
adjective boring
bookmarksaalinga
noun street; road
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarkssabe age
eat
bookmarkssae de leo
to project one’s voice better (e.g., after clearing one’s throat)
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