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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkaboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkaloha iho
noun self-love
bookmarkbabaiangi
verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)
bookmarkbadii
noun fish sp., scad?
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkboo iho
adjective the following night
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkdaane masana
noun good one
bookmarkdaatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdahea age
drift toward place where speaker is
bookmarkdahuli de lodo
change of heart, change one’s mind, repent
bookmarkdalia-mea
noun mollusksp.: mitra mitra
bookmarkdama hodooligi
noun
children of the chief
dangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdeai donu
adjective none at all
bookmarkdee lahilahia
big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous
bookmarkdoi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkeu sege
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgaha
noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained
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gainga
verb trash, garbage; braided dead coconutfronds used in buttressing the sides of uinga
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkgannui ngadaa
adjective a coconut which has less gannui than would be expected at its stage of maturity
bookmarkgede hangaabo
noun
a type of basket
geesaama
noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
haahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagamabu iho
adjective rest for a short time
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagaola
verb save from
bookmarkhagapigi ange
stick1 against (something), go with someone
bookmarkhagassoe
verb straighten out; decide an issue (byhigher authority)
bookmarkhai aoa ina
verb bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkhai baasi
adjective take sides against, oppose
bookmarkhai de hagamaanadu
remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)
bookmarkhai madangi
adjective passwind (flatus)
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhenua mounga
noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)
bookmarkhinangalosaa iho
adjective self-pity
bookmarkhodu
adjective sighted, appear
bookmarkhuaaboo
noun the whole night long
bookmarkhuna me
adjective a habitual thief
bookmarkhuuhuaa mee
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
adjective double-edged
bookmarklava i de goloa
having many goloa
bookmarkleia
verb be jumped upon; be landed upon
bookmarklodo gaiaa
adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating
bookmarkloua ama
verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaangoa
adjective to be dry
bookmarkmadaangahulu-malama
time noun october (’tenth month’)
bookmarkmadalua maa valu
number twenty eight
bookmarkmadangi
noun air
bookmarkmalaia
adjective have luck which is unexpected (esp. bad, in which case considered retribution for past deeds)
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalo gulu
barkcloth, made from the inner skin of the breadfruit
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu vaaligi
noun insect (small)
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkme hakadanga
noun joke, jest; trick (a practical joke)
bookmarkmeemouli
noun living thing
bookmarkmmasi
adjective the ripened condition of the fruit of the pandanus (when the keys begin to fall)
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
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nehu
verb clear (in focus)
bookmarknodi
verb to tie a knot in the hair
bookmarkobe
eye of thtaro corn
bookmarkoo
number zero
bookmarkpai
verb a type of cloud formation like babaiangi
bookmarksao gainga
adjective sweep or cleanup trash
bookmarkse gainga
abundant
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarksengalia
verb deceived, fooled; made dependent upon(e.g., gifts)
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksio
waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarksoe mai
decided for one by the will of god
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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