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aamua
adjective high-ranking
bookmarkalaa huu
those (there) only are the ones
bookmarkanaa ai
these (there) only
bookmarkanei ai loo
these then are
bookmarkanei ange naa
about this
ao age
daybreak (become daylight)
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbapaba
adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)
bookmarkbidoa
verb lift or hold one end of something
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdaemahadia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdahido vae
noun the back of the thigh
bookmarkdai hieunu
adjective thirsty
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdango
verb grab (in order to restrain, e.g., a person), fall upon
bookmarkdili gaiaa
verb sneak a look
bookmarkdolo
noun
plantsp.: sugarcane
dolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkdua pada
adjective to plait with thick strands
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkduuaa
verb to be in trouble
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkgave ua podo
gelegele uli
verb
black soil
gili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkgini manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgolee bugaliaa
goohunga
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgu odi mai ogu
i have done all i could
bookmarkhagabuulei
verb put a ring on (someone)
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put someone into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagadolu (ina)
verb make a total of three
bookmarkhagalaangaa
verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)
bookmarkhagammae manava
verb tease cruelly
bookmarkhagatanu iho
verb take a nap
bookmarkhai
verb do
bookmarkhai mainu
verb collect bait
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhale nnoa
noun prison,jail
bookmarkhao
verb drill through,burrow
bookmarkhedae
adjective meet up with; be even with each other
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkhidi bido dane
slow-moving or slow-working person
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhulo saaele
verb wander around
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklabua gee (lodo)
having an upset stomach; to be on the point of nausea
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarkloigulu
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkloigulu
type of prepared food made from breadfruit
bookmarkmagau donu i de lodo
want desperately
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmai i daha
from outside
bookmarkmala
bald
bookmarkmamu de lagi
noun the fish which live beyond the outer reef
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanu-gili-maau
noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)
bookmarkmou
noun
agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;
muna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkngaa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkngago gaagoo
noun chicken egg
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarkpaa i daalinga
move in closely (of birds) to daalinga
bookmarksaali
noun a type of rope (used for climbing breadfruit trees)
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksauligi
a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarksavaa
adjective soon (will happen)
bookmarkseni
sleep
bookmarksiba
noun fishsp. (small flying fish)
bookmarksio
waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarksio
noun waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarktino boo
full moon (a period comprising two nights)
bookmarktua
outside
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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