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alohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkanaa nei
those now
bookmarkao ina
inadvertently remain up until daybreak (=aoa)
bookmarkbalu gauanga
adjective trembling of legs
bookmarkbaoa
verb wash up on shore
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkbido dagi
follow in order to spy on
bookmarkbolo
verb make a will (for oneself or others)
bookmarkbuge
noun a bump on a tree trunk
bookmarkdaane honu
noun a person of many accomplishments
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdale
verb touch (two or more things being in contact); strike (a match)
bookmarkdanuaa ai loo
well, ok (this time, but next timewatch it)
bookmarkdaogili
noun
daua
verb war,battle
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dogia
verb be wet from the rain
bookmarkdoo ade
a joking expression; literally, ’your liver!’
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
bad-mannered
bookmarkduba
noun land crab sp. (small)
bookmarkduu gili somo
the coconut meat remaining in a germinated coconut after the coconut apple has been removed
bookmarkduunga gima
noun half of a clam shell
bookmarkgaha uli
adjective having brown (ripe) coconuts (of a coconut tree)
bookmarkgai baalau
verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgiado
noun outriggerboom
bookmarkgogo gi mua
bent forward
bookmarkguba
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhadu lalo
noun a stone on which hermit crabs are crushed (to use for bait)
bookmarkhadu-bunga
noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma
bookmarkhagabaasi
verb do toward one side
bookmarkhagabala
verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagadubu o manu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagaduumaa
verb add a portion
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhai gainga
adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound
bookmarkhai me a gauligi
a childish act
bookmarkhai mee
industrious
bookmarkhai samu
verb to gossip
bookmarkhainamanilaluoo
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhainga soe
noun a just law
bookmarkhoa
noun side (of humans), below the hips
bookmarkhua bugaliaa
hua i gadea
the side of the main body of the canoe away from the outrigger float
bookmarkieiange
adjective
kini
verb pick at one time,pinch at one time
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarkma ai
and who
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmada nnui
adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)
bookmarkmada-galadi
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkmadaa gai
noun firstfruits
bookmarkmadamataia
verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia
bookmarkmadannia madua
noun thumb
bookmarkmagau de lima
a paralyzed arm
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
malili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmalo-ngiso
noun
driftwoodsp.
malogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmanu-mmala
noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)
bookmarkmasalia
verb empty of water
bookmarkmau haahine
adjective attractive to women (for someinexplicable reason)
bookmarkme vae
shoes, slippers
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmuaamoni
noun a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarkmuna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarkniho ngalo
noun molarteeth, wisdomteeth
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
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