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aalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkaau
verb remove
bookmarkaha goi
what next
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkalahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkanei huu
these (here) only are the ones
bookmarkbasa gee
speak (or express oneself) strangely
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdau masa
noun the season during which tides are lowest
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdee ni dago
never mind
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.
bookmarkdoi-giva
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
dona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkduu gaso
adjective vertical,straight up and down
bookmarkeligi
adjective
chief of the island ()
gadoi
verb
a type of coconut with an edible husk
gage gaahanga
verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga
bookmarkgahoo
verb wear
bookmarkgai me hagadau doa
eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)
bookmarkgaleu
adjective a change of wind direction
bookmarkgalu
noun viscous sputum
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgau mai moni
noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkgogoo
adjective
golomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkguboa
verb being used in connection with group activity
bookmarkhaadenga
noun measurement
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundarystone
bookmarkhagabala
verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadau aaloha
adjective love each other (esp. of persons of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagalleo
verb to produce many sounds
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagamoolaua
verb cause to hurry
bookmarkhagapasalia
verb convince (several people) completely
bookmarkhai ange
do to; do for, fix; say to
bookmarkhai me
verb industrious
bookmarkhai me dagi
work slowly
bookmarkhebuihagi
verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close
bookmarkhedangisi
adjective to make noise by scraping things together (e.g., the grinding sound of jaws)
bookmarkhhaa
verb blossom forth
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhina
noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness
bookmarkhoe pale
noun a type of canoe paddle designed for steering
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkkano made
adjective slightly aged meat
bookmarkkono
adjective grunt (once)
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklangolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarkliagi
verb dump, throwout (discard)
bookmarkluu au
pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmada-galisi
verb the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadohi iho
adjective to reach halfway down
bookmarkmanigangi
adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse
bookmarkme hai dago
ritual acts,religious acts
bookmarkmoa
noun birdsp.
bookmarkmoahulu
goatfish
bookmarkmuaamoni
noun a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarkngadi daumaha
adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarkolaa
a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkonoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarkpilo bopobo
adjective musty smell
bookmarkpo
verb touch
bookmarksaagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarksaelea
verb walkedupon
bookmarksango
adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)
bookmarksii tae
adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarkssabe age
eat
bookmarkssema
jellyfish species
bookmarktili aalanga
exhausted (physically or mentally); discouraged; completely relaxed
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
bookmarkvvede
to massage
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