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abadai
european
abasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkabi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkaboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkau e dee gai naa loo
I’ll bet you can’t
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbese
noun one of the harmony parts in old chants
bookmarkdaa (dau)
chanting (of old chants)
bookmarkdaahia
verb cleanoff
bookmarkdai hieunu
adjective thirsty
bookmarkdauulu
verb verdant (indicating growing well)
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdee anga
forgetful, absent-minded
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdenaa huu
that is it still
bookmarkdili
verb shoot at; shine (e.g., a flashlight) on; letgo, throwaway, lose something; disregard; steady beating (as of a heart); a steady stroke (as of an adze)
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkdonu
noun fishsp.: seabass (= small ava)
bookmarkdua nnui
noun violence; a type of rope
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgagu
adjective well-mannered
bookmarkgahoo
verb wear
bookmarkgaleve
noun the sap of the coconut tree (taken from the inflorescence)
bookmarkgau laagau
noun the shaft of a spear
bookmarkgavia
crazy person; insane person,
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkgolomagi lodo
adjective self-controlled
bookmarkgu hia
how many was it
bookmarkhaangodalia
verb a suitable (place) for fishing
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagabasa
verb cause someone to speak; convince
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadahea
verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamaasei mai
make smaller (toward one)
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagapago donu
adjective fortunate result
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhai de hai
adjective stubborn, willful
bookmarkhai mainu
verb collect bait
bookmarkhakoobai
verb put a hat on (someone)
bookmarkhau singano
noun garland of singano
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhhali lo te laagau
a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
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laba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklao
noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarkleanga
noun bad person
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarkmadaagi
verb the scout in belubelu fishing
bookmarkmadala mai
get free, be loose; in bloom
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu de gabadanga
noun
the bird leading a flock (of ngongo) to a school of fish
me abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkme hagasahu vai
gutter (under the eaves of a house)
bookmarkmiili
adjective
a type of game
milo
verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
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mudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngadi duu
adjective naked
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarknodi
verb to tie a knot in the hair
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarkpono
verb to close
bookmarksaa
a share of food (esp. for children)
bookmarksaelea
verb walkedupon
bookmarksagea gee
extremely sagea
bookmarksalau
adjective inclined, slanting, not straight, not perpendicular to
bookmarksavala
adjective interested in, enjoys
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksigi
verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarktabuvae
noun toe
bookmarktama legalega
infant
bookmarkvalaai tao
dye
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