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agaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkanei ange maalie
these are exactly right
bookmarkbie
noun plant sp.: Polynesian arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides (l.) o.k.)
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
boo mai ange laa
the second night following
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdaa sseu
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdagodo mai
appear from yonder
bookmarkdahuli de lodo
change of heart, change one’s mind, repent
bookmarkdama de bialodo
noun
deformed foetus
damana mai i daha
stepfather
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdau (umu)
noun a cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdau lango
verb
the season during which flies are most numerous
dauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkdeai ange loo soo savaa
now i’ve got you
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
dilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdolona
verb flooded, washedout
bookmarkdoo tuugau
a dislocation of the tuugau
bookmarkduasivi
noun the back of the spine
bookmarkdugi gee
chase away (in a certain direction)
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
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galabe
noun seacucumber sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgaleve sali
noun a coconut tree which produces much galeve
bookmarkgalo gila
goatfish
bookmarkgaloa
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgalohia
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgaolama
noun spine of the coconut palm
bookmarkgave hua loa
haa lodo
noun the inner coconut palm frond
bookmarkhadi
adjective broken (as a stick), bent up
bookmarkhagadauaadea
verb to clear out a place
bookmarkhagadeeai
verb refuse to
bookmarkhagadubu dinae
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagamaalama
verb brighten,illuminate
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagapago iho
adjective to descend suddenly
bookmarkhagapigi saele
adjective go around with someone constantly
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhai me a gauligi
a childish act
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhano i luu moana
die (a person)
bookmarkhhoda
adjective gasp for breath (once)
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkhoe pale
noun a type of canoe paddle designed for steering
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkiai
adjective be (present),have,there is...
bookmarkidi
verb to husk (a coconut) with one’s teeth
bookmarkiga-ligi
noun fishsp. (a small oceanic school fishslightly larger than dauoni)
bookmarkilihia tinae
adjective a stomach distended by gas
bookmarkkii mai
verb decreasing
bookmarklaagii
noun decoration,ornamentation
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklaho
aerial foot of the pandanus tree
bookmarklangi haanau
noun
a certain kind of rain
langi maakau
noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarkleengia
verb jump on; be flown into
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmaatogo
verb discourage someone (verbally)
bookmarkmadalua maa dolu
number twenty three
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalino
verb calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkmangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkme bouli
the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkme madaali
noun a ripe coconut (= gaadinga) of poor quality
bookmarkmuaamoni
noun a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, byandby
bookmarknebu ange
adjective to perceive that others are occupied
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkohu
a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarkolaadeu
pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkse galubu
very fast
bookmarkse hagabau
do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean
bookmarksugi-laagoo
goatfish
bookmarkuhado
large white worm species
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