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aahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbadii
noun fish sp., scad?
bookmarkbalagia a de gaga
noun fish sp., parrot fish
bookmarkbangulu
noun a part of a traditional loom
bookmarkbido gamu
uselessly short
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkbonaa ua
noun the sheath of the turtle’s neck
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaabeduge mai
bring a lot of
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdaelodo dau
noun a large enough number to "count"
bookmarkdai deeai
almost none
bookmarkdavage
noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdenei maa
this is about (approximately)
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdino boo
noun nights (2) when the full moon appears just after sunset
bookmarkdua gi lunga
thicker (line or rope, etc.)
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkduu hakaa
noun a piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduudae
noun feces
bookmarkga dae ai
until
bookmarkgainga o de moana
fish (when abundant in the ocean nearby)
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkganimua
noun the eldest child of a couple
bookmarkgave hua podo
sprint (footrace of short distance)
bookmarkgii age
cry out softly
bookmarkgoloa de henua
noun gear of local manufacture
bookmarkgu gide huu
spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)
bookmarkgu malaia donu
to have been lucky
bookmarkgubu vae
noun foot,ankle
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadaemahadia
verb put too much weight on
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagaduu i luu goo
hagalaangaa
verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)
bookmarkhagalilo
verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagapago donu
adjective fortunate result
bookmarkhagapuuninga
noun a total of
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form
bookmarkhanolia
verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhilo
verb mix; braid strands of sennit
bookmarkhinangalomalie
adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world
bookmarkina gi hale
noun a row of thatch
bookmarkina-gi-hale
noun a row of thatch
bookmarkkaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarkkave dahi
adjective do at one time
bookmarkkii ange
increase
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklanga de gubenga
to pull up a gubenga to store it away
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarkllahi
adjective thin (pl.)
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmadohi
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
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manu-a-madaligi
noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)
bookmarknehu
verb clear (in focus)
bookmarkngadi humai
adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarknoho hhanga
adjective sit with one’s legs spread apart
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarkpii
adjective splashed,sprinkled
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksigidaumaha
verb collection (in church),offering(in church), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
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