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aamanu
verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead
bookmarkaamua
adjective high-ranking
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkanaa ai huu
those only then
bookmarkaoa
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: banyan tree (Ficus prolixa Forst.)
bookmarkaoa
verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbaalasa
verb
ballast for an outrigger
beaha
adjective to be in a serious condition, critically ill or injured
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkdaane i lalo
noun a person who fails at everything he tries
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdalaa mada
noun <= dalaa umada>
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdau age de inai
be in the lee of the atoll while fishing (i.e., in a place protected from the wind)
bookmarkdau dinae
noun a period during which many women arepregnant at the same time
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdoe
adjective leftover, remain
bookmarkdua gina
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for gina fishing
bookmarkdua nnui
noun violence; a type of rope
bookmarkdubuna aahine
noun grandmothers
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkege ange
move (something) over
bookmarkga vaa laa dangada
oh dear (that’s not good)
bookmarkgabinivali
a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgaleva
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgide eidu
verb to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhada
hagaahee
adjective when (near future)
bookmarkhagaamu
verb pay respect to,honor (someone)
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagadogaa dangada
adjective embarrass people by one’s actions
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasau madangi
verb to be exposed to the wind
bookmarkhai donu
adjective
do properly by accident; do on purpose
hai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhano saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhatinga
noun crook of the knee or elbow
bookmarkhedogi
verb the sound of tapping
bookmarkhege
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhhedu
verb fold up (several folds), roll up
bookmarkholasa
a type of mat [made especially for cult houses]
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarkidi
verb to husk (a coconut) with one’s teeth
bookmarkimu-mea
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkkave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaussoe
adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)
bookmarklodo llidi
adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaavae
adjective separated (two things),divorced
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmagi dehenua
verb have fever
bookmarkmainu daodao
mangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
masausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkme mmilo
current (in the sea)
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mmala
adjective sour; bitter
bookmarkmmuni
adjective hidden,hide
bookmarkmoa
noun birdsp.
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarknoogele
verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie
bookmarkoha
break, break up, destroy; damage, ruin
bookmarkosi
a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thighbone
bookmarkseguli
numeral hundreds of thousands
bookmarksemuna
numeral hundreds of millions
bookmarksiia gi moana ngaadai
drift downwind, away from land
bookmarktino
noun piece; share
bookmarkuso
umbilical cord
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