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aahee huu
then which
bookmarkaasanga
verb a watercourse between islets on the atoll
bookmarkaha naa
let’s (later)
bookmarkbadioda
verb the residue remaining after coconut oil has been heated; the residue remaining after arrowroot starch-making
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbini
verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkdaa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaabeduge
verb work seriously
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdala
verb tell, say to, relate
bookmarkdala malo
adjective change clothes
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdanu de bela
spade up taro plots, adding mulch
bookmarkdaogoli
noun plantsp.: swamptaro(cyrtosperma chamissonis), also the corm of this plant
bookmarkdeeai donu
positively no
bookmarkdili bala
adjective collapse (of persons)
bookmarkdogai
noun
transverse tiebeam
dogia
verb be wet from the rain
bookmarkdumanu
noun appearance,situation
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
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gaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgabia
verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgaibea lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgamu
verb coral (any kind)
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgili
skin
bookmarkhaale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaalahenua
verb provide land for
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagaamua
verb accord honor to
bookmarkhagabaguu ange
move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one
bookmarkhagadagodo
verb cause to lie down or remain; illustrate by examples
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
adjective make boxes
bookmarkhagasomo de alelo
stickout one’s tongue
bookmarkhai bao
verb divided into compartments
bookmarkhai moni
adjective sailor
bookmarkhanga-mea
noun
hhoda
gasp for breath
bookmarkhoohanga
adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)
bookmarkhuaa bodu
noun family
bookmarkiloo iho
adjective realize, know
bookmarkinaho
noun a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)
bookmarkkadi ange
fastened on to (by being stuck in)
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklaho
aerial foot of the pandanus tree
bookmarklangadala
noun (a piece of) thatch made from coconut palm frond
bookmarklau maalie
verb neat-appearing hair or feathers
bookmarklehua
verb blurred; covered with ashes
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklibi
verb do rapidly (esp. a repeated action done energetically)
bookmarklie
noun lice eggs
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklloba
adjective
fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);
lo te
lodo danuaa
adjective contented,happy
bookmarkmaalo age
have become maalo
bookmarkmaanadu gelo
adjective profound thoughts
bookmarkmaangalo
sweet
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi dee manava
asthma
bookmarkmagini
adjective a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkme dau
noun thing of importance,worthwhile
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkngadi daumaha
adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults
bookmarkniho hagadolo
noun incisor teeth
bookmarkoluu
pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)
bookmarksagana
verb watch carefully, keep an eye on
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thighbone
bookmarksongagi
a bad sort of person
bookmarksua hadu umu
stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven
bookmarktea age laangi
noun dawn
bookmarkulu-davage
Indian coral tree
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