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adaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkadugau
verb arrangement of things into a straight row
bookmarkbaageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbaalau
adjective sticky, greasy
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbudu
noun the appearance of many fish (or birds, or animals which are good to eat) after a death
bookmarkbuni ange lodo
paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdagu age
say out loud
bookmarkdala
verb unfasten,undo,untie
bookmarkdama adu hale
noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others
bookmarkdangada ulu
noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well
bookmarkdanuaa mai i hee
good according to whom
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdelaa naa loo
that there could be it
bookmarkdeleulu
verb good at catching tuna
bookmarkgaba
adjective flap (as wings)
bookmarkgabaea mai
found hanged (suicide)
bookmarkgabanibaonga
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkgai boo
adjective eat early in the morning
bookmarkgalua
verb having viscous sputum
bookmarkgavia
crazy person; insane person,
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkgoloa o taane
male genitalia
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaahe mai
adjective return to the fold
bookmarkhagadugu lalo
adjective self-deprecatory,downgrade
bookmarkhagaduu ngae
adjective earnestly; to the limits of one’s capacity; struggle (e.g., to complete work)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai galauna
adjective fish with the galauna net
bookmarkhai sala
adjective mistake,error
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhhuu
adjective chuckle
bookmarkhidi de honu
movement of a turtle (when feeding orsubmerging)
bookmarkholasa
a type of mat [made especially for cult houses]
bookmarkhulidonu
adjective rightsideout (clothes)
bookmarkhuna me
adjective a habitual thief
bookmarkhune
noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarklaavea
verb stumble on
bookmarklao
noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklatabagea
noun an ornament made of turtle shell
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarklaulau
legalega
noun smallness
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkluu duu
noun covers (of books), two halves
bookmarkma de hia e doe
a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dahi
number eleven
bookmarkmadaangahulu
numeral ten (objects)
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa haa
number fourteen
bookmarkmaga de hoe
to paddle vigorously
bookmarkmagini
a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmahanga
adjective be split open
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmau
adjective to finish defecating
bookmarkme hai dago
ritual acts,religious acts
bookmarkmmene ono me
to be unable to go to the toilet, owing to the approach of people
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarknonu
verb filter,sift
bookmarkoa
gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkoho iho
adjective come ashore early in the morning
bookmarkolo
an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit
bookmarkpaa ono maahana
receive one’s punishment, suffer
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarkSeedaa
October
bookmarksingalia
verb overhung
bookmarkssema
jellyfish species
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
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vasega
apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)
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