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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkaalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkabongi
adjective capsize
bookmarkagilau
verb pugnacious
bookmarkahee oo dagodo
how are you
bookmarkbaabaasi
noun a fishing method (angling with the side of a flying fish as bait)
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
babaiangi ina
cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbee
noun flatus, the sound of flatulence
bookmarkdaagina
verb towing; dragging
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
dagahi ange gi de --
serve as a side dish for
bookmarkdagidogoisi
adjective very few for each one
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdala-loa
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdama muli bee
noun the twelfth child born to a couple
bookmarkdee dolia
verb impossible to find the equal of(dehors concours)
bookmarkdee kona
easily
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdola
adjective erection (of penis)
bookmarkdolu-inoha
time noun the third number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdoo dai
appearing from lagoonward; to come from lagoonward; wind direction from the west
bookmarkdugu dahi
verb accomplish or complete something in asingle effort; fishing with a single line
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkganomada
noun eye
bookmarkgeesaa
noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii
bookmarkgegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkgide malie
adjective get in the habit of
bookmarkgii age
cry out softly
bookmarkgii talinga
tinnitus
bookmarkgiigii saele
giggle
bookmarkgoli manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkgu malaia donu
to have been lucky
bookmarkhagadabena ange
prepare for
bookmarkhagadugu lalo
adjective self-deprecatory,downgrade
bookmarkhagaduugau
verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)
bookmarkhagallogo
verb chant (in the old religious ceremony)
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhai kai
adjective show-off, proud
bookmarkhailu
verb wipe oneself (after defecating)
bookmarkhilo hagamaadau
verb
to braid sennit with the right hand;
honu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhonu tolo
noun a turtle of the largest size
bookmarkhoohanga
adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)
bookmarkhooholo
verb
hua-dolo
noun plantsp.: vine (any sort)
bookmarkhulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarkioonga
noun way of giving
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarkkii
verb move away
bookmarklaba
verb flash (as of lightning)
bookmarklangi haanau
noun
a certain kind of rain
lau-gadaha
noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)
bookmarklodo a gauligi
adjective immature (in personality); vulnerable to having one’s feelings easily hurt
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarkmaadau dae ssae
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmadalua maa lima
number twenty five
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmagi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
mago
adjective bad weather (high wind or rain, or rough seas)
bookmarkmahole
adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)
bookmarkmahulu
noun wakefulness
bookmarkme madaali
noun a ripe coconut (= gaadinga) of poor quality
bookmarkmesde-gelee
noun mollusksp.: oliveshell <"mr. grey">
bookmarkmomme aadea
noun clearing (e.g., in the woods)
bookmarkmoni sulu
submarine
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmouli age
regain consciousness, rise from thedead
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarknoho
verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated
bookmarkodea
noon, midday
bookmarkolonoa
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
sausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkssae de leo
to project one’s voice better (e.g., after clearing one’s throat)
bookmarksugi-laagoo
goatfish
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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