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aahee laa
which were those
bookmarkaalinga
adjective moving around just under the water
bookmarkadamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkaha nei
let’s (now)
bookmarkahi malo
noun mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkalaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkanei laa
these (here) which were there
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbuu
adjective be greasy
bookmarkbuugani
adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdai sagana iho goe
watchout
bookmarkdangi de musu
hear whispering (of others)
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdee vaaseegina
hardly able to wait for
bookmarkdenaa maa
that is about (approximately)
bookmarkdogaa ange
feel shy in the presence of
bookmarkdona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkduha
verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)
bookmarkduuaa
verb to be in trouble
bookmarkduudanga aheahe
noun refrain (of song)
bookmarkgabou
noun fishsp.: scad
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgasia
verb worthwhile,important,valuable
bookmarkgauligi daane
noun male child,boy
bookmarkgavage
adjective
give or bring up
gogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkhaangoda de lodo
to fish in the lagoon
bookmarkhaangoda mada aasanga
to fish for labelabe
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaalo-malie
verb cause to become alomalie
bookmarkhagadae
verb to give a hand net to
bookmarkhagadauaadea
verb to clear out a place
bookmarkhagadige de madaangudu
a prolonged conversation (on subjects of little importance)
bookmarkhagaditidi de hadu
to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
adjective inexpensive
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasomo de alelo
stickout one’s tongue
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai samu
verb to gossip
bookmarkhalaasola
noun mollusksp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhano ai huu
forever
bookmarkhano laa
previous
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhhogi
adjective a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkigauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkkumi tangi
to control one’s crying
bookmarklaangaa
verb to plait completely
bookmarklaangai buusagi
a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklao
noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklima llau
five hundred
bookmarkloha
noun birdsp. (never seen live)
bookmarkmadaa duge
noun the tip of a duge
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmmala
bitter; sour; unlucky
bookmarkmoeagi
verb do by stealth
bookmarkmuaamoni
noun a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarknanua
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngado
adjective come to the end or limit (of something)
bookmarkngadolia
verb to have ngado
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkolonoa
sea cucumber
bookmarkosi
a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarksalahagi
verb an expedition to look for valuable drifting objects, either in the lagoon or in the open sea near the atoll
bookmarksaniba
noun fishsp.: silversides
bookmarksaunga
adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor
bookmarksenga
adjective crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarksigidaumaha
verb collection (in church),offering(in church), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarktainaahine gauligi
noun younger sister
bookmarkuseahi
smoke, steam
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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