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abo donu
aboo
tonight
bookmarkahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkanei ai loo
these then are
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkboi a eidu
temporarily abnormal
bookmarkdaa age
go toward land (from the lagoon)
bookmarkdaane dau
noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)
bookmarkdagodo mai
appear from yonder
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
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dao hadu
verb cover up (by putting on layer after layer); give too much (e.g., work) to
bookmarkdaumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkdele de longo
spread news or rumors
bookmarkdohu de gili
covered all over (skin) with
bookmarkdolu-inoha
time noun the third number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdongi
verb a spot (e.g., on the skin); point at; peck at; a method of fishing for flying fish in which torches are extinguished on alternate legs of the canoe track
bookmarkduadae
verb gullible, be a sucker
bookmarkdubuna aahine
noun grandmothers
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgalo ahi
verb sparks
bookmarkgano siga
noun strands (of cloth)
bookmarkgave ua podo
gelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgidee iho
adjective be aware of oneself
bookmarkgudua
verb abounding in lice
bookmarkhaau
verb suckle (at the breast)
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadubu maduu paa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagaiho
verb show (someone) how to climb down
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagapago donu
adjective fortunate result
bookmarkhai hegau hilo
work hypocritically (appearing to follow the rules but secretly violating the prohibitions)
bookmarkhaula
verb set on fire
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhiloa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkivi-a-daea
noun shoulderblade
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarkkii
verb move away
bookmarkkii ange tanuaa
verb to make something better; to better
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarkllou
hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkluu agu
pronoun my (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkma de hia e doe
a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object
bookmarkmaalioso
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaangi
adjective soar or glide in the air
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmadaali
adjective lacking in oil (of a ripe coconut)
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmaduupaa
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmahanga
adjective be split open
bookmarkmaholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmaleasa
noun fishsp. : tang (a kind of igauli)
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in direction),reversed,transposed
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkmuga
verb used (or done, heard, or known) over and over until bored with
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkneve
verb blurred (out of focus)
bookmarkngalo
verb forget
bookmarkngole iho
adjective to use the biggest first
bookmarkoho adu
go early
bookmarkpale age (iho)
steer toward (away from) land
bookmarksavini dua
adjective run backwards, move backwards fast
bookmarkseni tao
sleep soundly
bookmarksigi manu
adjective to transplant a plant
bookmarksou
verb a gust of wind
bookmarkssae de leo
to project one’s voice better (e.g., after clearing one’s throat)
bookmarkssea
noun chair
bookmarktainaahine o dogu damana
noun paternal aunt
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