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adu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkaloha gelo
noun profound affection
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbuu unga
noun an empty seashell; one of (a pair of) diving goggles
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdagu age
say out loud
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
bookmarkdale gaiaa
verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run
bookmarkdama pala
noun
a foetus which has been aborted, ugly
daula de boo
noun a rope carried in the canoe (esp. at night) for anchoring or tying canoes together in case of strong wind
bookmarkdee hanga
adjective
don’t move away from the reef
degi ange
forgive (someone),pardon (someone)
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdolo
noun
plantsp.: sugarcane
doo tuugau
a dislocation of the tuugau
bookmarkdoonga
noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)
bookmarkduha
verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkduumaa de gelegele
numeral trillion (a million million)
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
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giado
noun outriggerboom
bookmarkgii talinga
tinnitus
bookmarkgolo age
continually golo voluntarily
bookmarkgolomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhaanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagabaangoa
verb causing prostration
bookmarkhagadubu gina
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagailonga
noun fishsp. : damselfish
bookmarkhagalanea
verb cause to increase in quantity; greedy
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagapale
verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhagatangohi
verb the fading of light after sunset
bookmarkhagatulu mai
ooze out
bookmarkhale haahine
noun a house of prostitution
bookmarkheehee
adjective cry out
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhoimanu
noun fishsp.: eagleray
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husi
noun tarobog, swamp
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklaho
aerial foot of the pandanus tree
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklima dangada ina
a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer
bookmarkllabu
verb claw
bookmarkllago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarklongo
adjective hear, feel; news
bookmarklua lodo
adjective undecided
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaadau dae ssae
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaakau loo dangada
now we’re in trouble
bookmarkmaanadu age
decide (arrive at a decision), make upone’s mind; think up
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmadaladala de leo
a clear and high-pitched singing voice
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmadohi boo
adjective midnight
bookmarkmaduilau
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmana
supernatural power
bookmarkmanga lua tae
noun cleft in the buttocks
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
pigeon
masaia
verb trapped by low water (e.g., canoes, or fish on the reef at low tide)
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarknao
verb to extract by gouging out with a finger
bookmarkngau hala
bite someone
bookmarknnui
adjective
large
olaa
a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkouaa
adjective yes certainly
bookmarkpulu
verb to be dry and smooth; satiated; be able to withstand
bookmarksaaluanga
noun a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksagea gee
extremely sagea
bookmarksalua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarksau alohenua
verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land
bookmarkseguli
numeral hundreds of thousands
bookmarksila
verb look for
bookmarkssomo
suck one’s finger
bookmarksua aaleloi
a wrestling maneuver
bookmarktama legalega
infant
bookmarkula de gili
inflammation; red in the face; sunburned
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