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aboo
tonight
bookmarkagilau gee
extremely pugnacious
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
balu daaea
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbiigonga
noun a curve, way of being bent
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaahili daumaha
adjective a church song
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdae maduu
noun a method of pulling flying fish into the canoe with a hand net
bookmarkdahido vae
noun the back of the thigh
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dangidangi ange
askpermission of, apologize to
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdao me hholu
noun arrow (for a bow)
bookmarkdaohi ange dahi hai
argue against
bookmarkdau
noun chant (ancient)
bookmarkdaudonu
adjective if, in the case that; gentle, mild-mannered, soft-spoken
bookmarkdelaa donu
that there is it for sure
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdilo gaiaa
verb sneak a look
bookmarkdinae o ssaiolo
<= dinae o de laa>
bookmarkdogai
noun
transverse tiebeam
dohi dilo
verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu ange
adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)
bookmarkduu gaso
adjective vertical,straight up and down
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
noun a piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarke muni
verb hidden, be
bookmarkeu sege
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgaha
noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained
bookmarkgahao
noun plantsp.: treesp.: ochrosiatree(ochrosia oppositifolia (lam.) k. sch.)
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgoede
noun octopus
bookmarkgoloa hesuihagi
noun goods which are bartered
bookmarkgu odi mai ogu
i have done all i could
bookmarkhaale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhadu daahili
adjective to make up a song
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagademo
verb
pout
hagadibadiba de lima
hagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagateve
verb bristle, ready for a fight (of animals)
bookmarkhai daahili
adjective to compose songs
bookmarkhainamanilaluoo
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhaiva
noun work,activity,occupation
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhano laa uda
adjective go on foot
bookmarkhenua gee
foreign lands
bookmarkhhango
verb wakeup (someone)
bookmarkhua bugaliaa
hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkiai maalie
adjective just about right
bookmarkiga-ligi
noun fishsp. (a small oceanic school fishslightly larger than dauoni)
bookmarklaavasi
noun meat (or fish, or seafood) which issuitable as food
bookmarklabodo-uli
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarkllea
adjective
say loudly
lo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarklodo mao lalo
characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaamaagila
adjective becoming slightly parted
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmadohi iho
adjective to reach halfway down
bookmarkmagi dabeo
menstruation
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmagulu
adjective defeated
bookmarkmahuge, huge
open
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu de gabadanga
noun
the bird leading a flock (of ngongo) to a school of fish
mao denga ssave
a scarcity of ssave
bookmarkmassaa (ina)
verb despised by others
bookmarkmaua laa
nevermind
bookmarkme hhadu hugadoo
it’s a lie
bookmarkmidia
verb dream about
bookmarkmiili
adjective
a type of game
milosanga
the way in which a current flows
bookmarkmuna madua
noun words used only by elders (which are not normally part of a child’s vocabulary)
bookmarkngalo
verb forget
bookmarknounu
olongaa
noun plantsp.: treesp.: a shrubbytree sp. (pipturus argenteus (forst.f.) wedd.)
bookmarkpena
verb take precautions
bookmarkpogo
verb crumpled up
bookmarkseguli
numeral hundreds of thousands
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksula
verb arrive
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity.
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