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aadea moana
adjective unobstructed
bookmarkaagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkbadabaataianga
noun
bao
noun room, compartment
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkdaa de masavaa
time’s up it is time for...
bookmarkdaahaa
dagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdahuli de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkdala-loa
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdama dagidahi
noun the only child of a couple
bookmarkdamaa dae
adjective skillful at catching flying fish
bookmarkdangalebu
verb rough or choppy sea condition
bookmarkdauhuli (ange)
noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdee dolia
verb impossible to find the equal of(dehors concours)
bookmarkdele de mahaa
starting to crack
bookmarkdenaa laa ()
that is it there (is that it there)
bookmarkdiinonga eidu
adjective an idol representing a spirit
bookmarkdua lligi
adjective thin (line or rope, etc.); fine (thread, etc.); tenderly
bookmarkduudae maadau
noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>
bookmarkgaisaa
verb wasteful in preparing food,uneconomical
bookmarkgaso
noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgelu-hai-usu
noun fishsp.: unicornfish
bookmarkgoo
noun taro spade
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagalanea
verb cause to increase in quantity; greedy
bookmarkhagamadagu
scare (someone); frighten (someone).
bookmarkhagamouli
verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)
bookmarkhai naa hanu me
something will happen...
bookmarkhai saulaba
adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkhhao
verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkholasa
noun
a type of mat
huaahuu
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkhulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkilihia ssave
the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarklangadala
noun (a piece of) thatch made from coconut palm frond
bookmarklie
noun lice eggs
bookmarklilo bule
adjective covered up completely
bookmarklode
inside
bookmarklodo laanui
adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside
bookmarkmaanegabo
adjective energetic
bookmarkmaanuga
verb a wound1 or large sore (on the body)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu
number ten
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmadohi
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point
bookmarkmalinongia
verb be calmed (e.g., seas)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
moebili
adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmulegi
verb showoff (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkmuna madua
noun words used only by elders (which are not normally part of a child’s vocabulary)
bookmarkmusu
verb whisper(ing)
bookmarkngadi duu
adjective naked
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarkniho
teeth
bookmarknngaolia
verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarknoho maadai
adjective sit quietly
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkogo
noun purlin
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarkosia
verb taken for planting
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmarkpelaini
verb to fry
bookmarkpono age de manava
be unable to breathe
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
sali ssavale
salivate
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksomo boi
adjective grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarkssuanga
stained in one place
bookmarktangaho
noun liver
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
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