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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkaahee loo
when (distant future)
bookmarkaalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkaboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkabongi
adjective capsize
bookmarkanaa ange naa
about that
baabuu
adjective
lie down
boo hagadanu malama
the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbooiaa
adjective do something shameful (for shame)
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdaalonga
noun a wound on the body
bookmarkdahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdama ssege
noun a foetus which has been aborted
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdaubasa
a great many
bookmarkdebeaha
okay; so-so
bookmarkdee anga
forgetful, absent-minded
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdenaa ange naa
about that
dogi daadaa
noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkdoo de hatuli
the’falling of thunder’
dudu de niho
a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkduu de umada
noun a rainbow appearing in the sky
bookmarkgauligi mai ange
the one next younger still
bookmarkgili ulunga
noun pillowcase
bookmarkhagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagabulumau
adjective watch your step climbing
bookmarkhagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagadotodi
verb walk with a limp (temporarily)
bookmarkhagahidi i tege
to throw a wrestler using one’s hip
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamouli
verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)
bookmarkhagapiigia
verb make stuck to
bookmarkhai bao
verb divided into compartments
bookmarkhai modo
verb eat (or pick) when still unripe
bookmarkhai naa hanu me
something will happen...
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhilo hagamaasui
verb
to braid sennit with the left hand;
hodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhonu ssele
noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)
bookmarkiganibongi
noun fishsp.
bookmarklau iho laa
those of small size
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarkloeaa
a type of game
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaakau laa loo dangada
what a shame
bookmarkmada nnui
adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)
bookmarkmanu-gaba-aasanga
noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)
bookmarkmassagaila
verb incompletely cooked
bookmarkme holu
noun bow
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmua iho (age)
adjective next above (below)
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkmuna pada
harsh words
bookmarkniho
noun tooth, teeth
bookmarkoho age
the following morning
bookmarkpaibu
noun pipe
bookmarkpo
verb touch
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarkse hagabau
do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean
bookmarksebu
adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarksiilinga a muna
trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarksomo boi
adjective grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarktili aalanga
exhausted (physically or mentally); discouraged; completely relaxed
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
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