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abulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkaoa
verb misshapen fruit
bookmarkava
noun fish sp. (= large tonu, also = large hagaodalolo)
bookmarkbaa hagasalau
adjective make contact with while not aligned
bookmarkbaa i de madangi
be hit (usually forcefully) by wind
bookmarkbido dagi
follow in order to spy on
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaa de masavaa
time’s up it is time for...
bookmarkdaane sauaa
noun a person of extraordinary ability; shark (euphemism)
bookmarkdai deeai donu
almost none at all
bookmarkdalaa ubu
noun charcoal from the coconut shell
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdangii
noun fishsp. (= small valu)
bookmarkdanu de bela
spade up taro plots, adding mulch
bookmarkdemeenaa
that one where you are
bookmarkdii
verb shine (sun)
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)
bookmarkdohi lau
verb to strip pandanus leaves (to make mats, etc.)
bookmarkduadonu
adjective luck, good fortune
bookmarkduilaa gee
to be exceedingly unsuccessful with members of the opposite sex
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkduunga gima
half of a clam shell
bookmarkgaba
adjective flap (as wings)
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgau lama
noun rachis of the coconut leaf
bookmarkgubu dolo
noun a joint of the sugarcane
bookmarkhaangoda de boo
a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)
bookmarkhaanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaasanga
verb to create aasanga
bookmarkhagabela
verb provide bela for
bookmarkhagadubu dinae
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)
bookmarkhagamaadua
verb be oldest among
bookmarkhagamaalama
verb brighten,illuminate
bookmarkhagamadaagi
verb to teach someone to madaagi
bookmarkhagamadua
verb act like a grown-up (when still a child)
bookmarkhagapale
verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work
bookmarkhagi me
adjective pick coconuts
bookmarkhai me gaiaa
to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)
bookmarkhale de henua
noun a house of indigenous construction (thatch)
bookmarkhano i luu moana
die (a person)
bookmarkhedaadoi
adjective collide
bookmarkhevaalogi
adjective the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkhoa
noun side (of humans), below the hips
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarklangadia
verb able to remain afloat with a load
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklangona
adjective heard,felt
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarkloada
noun sputum
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmahidi
adjective
separated from and curled up from
mahu
adjective healed (of a sore)
bookmarkmaoli
noun a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarkmasole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
bookmarkmilo gee
to turn the opposite way
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
mommomo
adjective a little at a time
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarknanua
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkngudu leidi
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkodi iho
just finished
bookmarkse hia
just how many
bookmarkse ungaa husi gee
do something different from thatwhich was intended
bookmarksebaga
numeral tens of billions
bookmarkssae de hine
to deflower a girl
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
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