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aahee loo
when (distant future)
bookmarkadumua
verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver
bookmarkalaa dagodo
those there are the circumstances...
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkaoa-laosedi
noun gorgonian (coelenterate), false blackcoral
bookmarkaugau
verb pus
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbaua
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkbili i de lodo
unforgotten
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkdaa mouli
take life away from
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
daahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdagaligiligi
adjective broken into small pieces
bookmarkdagidogoisi
adjective very few for each one
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdee lahilahia
big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
deua
noun back (body part)
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut
bookmarkdoga de manu
nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusksp: a bivalve sp.
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkdua gaahanga
noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
galo
adjective to show signs of being pregnant; a color change of fruit indicating ripening
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkgauvae
noun jaw; a set of false teeth
bookmarkgave ala
a method of planting mats
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgida ma gida
each individual...
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhaele sala
adjective spoil (children), bringup (children) badly
bookmarkhagaava
verb relieve
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagaioo
verb cause to give
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagaoda tugi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and grated coconut)
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagavaiduu
verb to act as though one were lazy
bookmarkhhaa
verb blossom forth
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkhine duuhua
noun unmarried girl
bookmarkhuuhuna
adjective
hide
iganibongi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkkaba
adjective do prematurely
bookmarkkai, dalanga
story
bookmarkkangi odi
adjective too sharp
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarkkumi
verb calculate (do arithmetic),figure out
bookmarklanga de ivi
a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmaalava
verb the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmada-galisi
the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmagi labua gee
upset stomach (nausea)
bookmarkmangoo-dahola
noun fishsp.: blacktipshark
bookmarkmanu-manga-lua
noun insectsp.: scorpion
bookmarkmau ange huu
usually
bookmarkme dili dai
any current which flows away from the atoll
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmoana dabeo
rough seas
bookmarkmule
adjective slow; late
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkngali
grind
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
oso
verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)
bookmarkpoo mai
a unit of measurement (from the end of the extended thumb to the other side of the clenched fist)
bookmarksaava
verb skinny,thin (lacking in flesh)
bookmarksaga gi daha
saga away from; extend out in space
bookmarksalua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarksaugalo saele
adjective search for here and there,wander around looking for
bookmarkse aha au naa
you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarktigo
defecate
bookmarkvaalanga
made up (of a story only)
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