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abo
adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable
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noun fishsp.
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkbagibagi
noun
balagula
adjective clumsy
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuu goede
worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>
bookmarkdaa sseu
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
bookmarkdaabeduge
verb work seriously
bookmarkdaahia
verb cleanoff
bookmarkdaaligidanga
noun the slope of a canoe’s keel
bookmarkdaamadaa-sele
noun insectsp.: waterbug
bookmarkdanea
verb to have dane
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdee heloongoi
adjective misunderstand one another; mismated (not matched properly); not fit; not able to get along with
bookmarkdehui
noun
tens of coconuts
dige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkdola
adjective erection (of penis)
bookmarkdoloa
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
adjective bad-mannered
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dumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduoi
noun parasites (intestinal) of fish
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object such as a mat
bookmarkgabidia
verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)
bookmarkgamu
verb cut (something)
bookmarkganae oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgili dama
verb soft-skinned
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgubu dao
noun a join of the spear shaft which is made of two pieces of wood
bookmarkgubulima
noun wrist
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkgumedi de henua
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkhaa daha
verb the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhadi bodo
noun breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhagaaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkhagadaemaha
verb put weight on, make unhappy
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagalegunga
adjective showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagamaalama
verb brighten,illuminate
bookmarkhagamaanu age
pull oneself up by one’s arms
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagasaulaba
verb treat as saulaba
bookmarkhai goinga
adjective aggrandizement of one’s land holdings by moving others’ goinga
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhedogi
verb the sound of tapping
bookmarkhuaahenua
noun community
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishingpole
bookmarkihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarkise ngaio
noun needlefish
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkivi sulu
noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)
bookmarkkaa
adjective a type of sound, made to attract birds
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarkkoi
verb scrape (a single act), scraper
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarkllava
verb
finished
lodo gaiaa
competitive, envious, desious of retaliating
bookmarklodo lagolago
indecisive, undecided
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkmaleasa
noun fishsp. : tang (a kind of igauli)
bookmarkmamu de lagi
noun the fish which live beyond the outer reef
bookmarkmanu aabi
noun kite
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched
bookmarkmasa bagubagu
adjective dry reef (at very low tide)
bookmarkmaseu
adjective to scatter (when in a group)
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
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muimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarkngaungau-ulu
noun
nguua
verb be nguu
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkoga
verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick
bookmarksabalia
verb be saba2
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksau
noun
sausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarkse hono
fit well or properly
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksigale
verb scull (a boat)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarksuugulu
verb learn
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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