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adamai
verb recollect or recall past events or persons, etc.
bookmarkadu ange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkau doga
noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary
bookmarkbasa gauligi
adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk
bookmarkbenu
noun a pandanus plug after it has been chewed; seed of the pandanus
bookmarkboo gi me
acquisitive (and acting on acquisitive impulses)
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbuuia
verb be struck with something shot out from something else
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdemee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdugu dagidahi
verb place (or leave off) one at a time
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarke hia
how much
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgaahagi
adjective the useless tuber-like growths on the bie plant
bookmarkgaalauanga
gaasia
noun coralsp.: (looks like a flower)
bookmarkgadiou
gainga
verb trash, garbage; braided dead coconutfronds used in buttressing the sides of uinga
bookmarkgammenge-olomanga
noun mollusksp.: thais armigera
bookmarkgano niho
noun gums (of mouth)
bookmarkgede gabi de husi
noun
a type of basket
gili
skin
bookmarkgili langi
verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)
bookmarkgubu lima
noun hand,wrist
bookmarkhagabudu me
adjective selfish
bookmarkhagahula
noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagassogalia
verb
hagatulu mai
verb ooze out
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkheboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhelii-baalanga
noun plantsp.: grasssp.
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkkaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarklaba
noun a dancingpaddle
bookmarklanea
adjective much,plenty
bookmarklaso
noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklavasi
noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmaadau duiagi
noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)
bookmarkmaaguluaa
adjective dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu
number ten
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmaholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmahuge
maimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmasalia
verb empty of water
bookmarkmau
adjective get,obtain,caught
bookmarkmesde-gelee
noun mollusksp.: oliveshell <"mr. grey">
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmui
verb gathered around (something)
bookmarknaa huu
when,if
bookmarknanua
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarknooligi
a small knife
bookmarkodo
verb to roof (a house), to thatch (a house)
bookmarkouaa
adjective yes certainly
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarksigale saele
adjective search for
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksili gee
stand out from (others in a group) in distane or height
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
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