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aausanga
noun way of leaving a wake
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbaa i de madangi
be hit (usually forcefully) by wind
bookmarkboo iho
adjective the following night
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaamadaa-sele
noun insectsp.: waterbug
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdama ulungi
noun a man good at catching tuna with a fishing pole
bookmarkdangau-ngudu-aahua
noun
dangau-sissisi
noun
dee dolia
verb impossible to find the equal of(dehors concours)
bookmarkdee manava age
do earnestly
bookmarkdenaa ai huu
that is it then
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdoo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
adjective bad-mannered
bookmarkdua gi lunga
thicker (line or rope, etc.)
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkdugu dagidahi
verb place (or leave off) one at a time
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgaiaa
verb steal, dishonest, cheat; to ask or accept too readily
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgide
verb see
bookmarkgili dama
verb soft-skinned
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagadoo dai
adjective to fish off the reef for tuna
bookmarkhagagaagaa
verb behave like a baby
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
adjective inexpensive
bookmarkhagasae gili
verb pierce the skin superficially
bookmarkhagasoa ange
go along with others,join the crowd
bookmarkhagauu
verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhanu me
adjective a secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhaunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkhhagi gee
turn away from (to avoid),veer
bookmarkhhanga de ngudu
open one’s mouth
bookmarkhhanga luu vae
spread one’s legs
bookmarkhooholo
verb
hulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkhulu made
noun the fading of one’s hair color (becoming white)
bookmarkkaba donu
wait!
bookmarkkau gee
adjective not usedto; hard to
bookmarkkii age
move upward; reach a certain age
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
maadau dae ssae
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmadaaolo
noun capital of
bookmarkmalau
adjective free from (esp. hardship or illnessafter having had it)
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmanu de henua
noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)
bookmarkmau goloa
adjective rich in material possessions
bookmarkmee
noun thing
bookmarkmele
verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech
bookmarkmmuni
adjective hidden,hide
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkngadi ngavesi
an empty box
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarknoho moso
able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)
bookmarkpilo
adjective stink
bookmarkpula
adjective open one’s eyes widely; to lightup suddenly; insectsp.: a phosphorescent insect
bookmarksaaluanga
a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksaavale ina
fish or meat which is watery in texture and bad tasting
bookmarksabala
adjective willing to
bookmarksii
verb spill out (e.g. too much food in your mouth)
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksuugulu
verb learn
bookmarktaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)
bookmarktangada adi longo
gossipy person, telltale
bookmarkubu
kneecap; the shell of a coconut
bookmarkvalaai tao
dye
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