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adaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkalukaba
verb leave quickly (usually under duress)
bookmarkanumanga
noun dancing party
bookmarkbaoa
verb wash up on shore
bookmarkbau ange
capable of, be the equal of
bookmarkdaabeduge mai
bring a lot of
bookmarkdaaligidia
verb to have been moved about by the wind
bookmarkdabula
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkdagisoa
adjective many (people) at each (time or place, etc.)
bookmarkdama daane
adjective boy, young man
bookmarkdangada duaagau
adjective an avid fisherman
bookmarkdanu de laa
the setting of the sun
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdiha
verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkdoo
verb get down, get off; take up a stringfigure (from another’s hands); fall;plant (something); drop down
bookmarkdoo ade
a joking expression; literally, ’your liver!’
bookmarkdugi gee
chase away (in a certain direction)
bookmarkdugu dahi
verb accomplish or complete something in asingle effort; fishing with a single line
bookmarkdulagi sala
adjective bad situation; presenting a poor appearance (esp. when ill)
bookmarke dee haalo
refuse to accept (something)
bookmarkgeelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga
noun valley
bookmarkgide
verb see
bookmarkgoloa duu biho
barber’s tools
bookmarkhadu mangeo
noun cushion starfish
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaai
adjective be in a serious situation
bookmarkhagaao
verb intend to stay up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabuni
verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations
bookmarkhagaduulou
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkhagahaunu
verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages
bookmarkhagamadagu
scare (someone); frighten (someone).
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasiilangaa mada
noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)
bookmarkhai maalisa
having an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkhai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhai muna
adjective public meeting
bookmarkhhui mai tai
flow of the tide
bookmarkhuaa me
noun a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
bookmarkhuaalavao
verb a strong wind
bookmarkhulubala
verb smeared with grease or paint or food, etc.
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkigohi
verb firetongs
bookmarklabodo-tea
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarkllidi
adjective dressup (esp. in new or very fancyclothes)
bookmarkllou
hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarklodo baageaa
adjective weak-willed, easily tempted; excitedeasily by the opposite sex
bookmarklodo gaiaa
competitive, envious, desious of retaliating
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
masi
verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe
bookmarkmassagaila
verb incompletely cooked
bookmarkme abadai
European things (gear, etc)
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
bookmarkme bouli
the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkme dau
noun thing of importance,worthwhile
bookmarkmee saabini uga
reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)
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bookmarkmmala dana (dagu) maanga
lose his (my) appetite
bookmarkmoe dolo
verb to sneak into another’s house at night for the purpose of having sexual relations
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmoole
noun
moomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkngadi gai
verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkngae
noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.
bookmarkngaue age
increase (in rank or price, etc.)
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarkolonoa
sea cucumber
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksau
noun
singa sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarksobo
adjective rise up (as the sun), get up, jump up
bookmarkssanu
lick
bookmarksua aaleloi
a wrestling maneuver
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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