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aahee maa
about when (future); about how much
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkava
adjective relief, be relieved
bookmarkbaasi masui
adjective left side, left-handed
bookmarkbasa gi lunga
speak loudly
bookmarkbeluu
noun lizard; gecko
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
daane mada duulanga
noun a person able to do things others cannot
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdaga
verb go from one place to another in a group
bookmarkdaguu
noun axe
bookmarkdaguu kalo
noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade
bookmarkdalaa muna
noun word,phrase
bookmarkdau duadae
be a sucker, be fooled easily
bookmarkdeai ma gi dahi
none at all as you should very well know
dinoanga hulu
adjective a council (of ten) formerlyhaving broad legislative and judicialpowers on the atoll
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)
bookmarkdoli
verb to obtain as many as one can; to defeatall comers
bookmarkdolona
verb flooded, washedout
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdonu iho
adjective realize, understand
bookmarkduu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarkduu hakaa
noun a piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu keli
adjective firmly in place,earnestly
bookmarkduu-baeao
noun fishsp.: filefish
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarke hia
how many
bookmarkgai moumou
wasteful of food
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgaso
noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgauea
noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkgoloa hebagi
noun arms (tools of war)
bookmarkgu odi ange ona
he has done all he could
bookmarkhadu mada
noun eyeball
bookmarkhagabidoa
verb be the last
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadege
verb cause to wiggle the hips once
bookmarkhagadegelia
verb
hagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagadugu lalo
adjective self-deprecatory,downgrade
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagamoni
verb provide a canoe for
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagasau madangi
verb to be exposed to the wind
bookmarkhagatala gee
wanting always to hagatala
bookmarkhano mouli
verb disappear alive, especially into another world
bookmarkhasi
verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk
bookmarkhedangisi
verb make a noise by scraping things together, e.g. the grinding sound of jaws
bookmarkhhola
verb hola at one time
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
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lauali
verb immature leaves
bookmarkllohi
verb erosion of sand or soil (esp. of the beach by wave action)
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
lodo degi
adjective having a forgiving nature
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaalamangia
verb illuminated (by having light shined upon it)
bookmarkmada dotodo
verb an abrasion of the skin (red but not bleeding)
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmasaova laohie o de ngadau
noun dry season
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkmaua
verb to be able to
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarkngadi seesee
walk barefoot, stroll
bookmarkngudu ai
act as an interpreter
bookmarkonoonogia
verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarkpaa iho
explode from above
bookmarkpo
verb touch
bookmarkpugu
adjective
swollen
sabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksangatai
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkse mouli dangada
rascal
bookmarkse mouli dangada
rascal
bookmarkseedaa
noun october
bookmarkseloo
numeral millions
bookmarksolovaani
thin and straight (of a person); having flat buttocks (considered ugly)
bookmarktangada adi longo
gossipy person, telltale
bookmarkttea
adjective white
bookmarkvalaai tao
dye
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