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aalo
verb come by paddling
bookmarkadudau
noun sandspit
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
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basa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbili
adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
buugani
adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdangage
verb raise one’s head up or back
bookmarkdango de langi
downpour (of rain)
bookmarkdanu bela
adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)
bookmarkdaohi age
donate,contribute
bookmarkdaumaha daahili
noun song service (in church)
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdenei naa ()
this will be it. (will this be it)
bookmarkdogi
noun adze; a tapping movement
bookmarkdoo ma gu...
fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify
bookmarkduu bale
verb not quite vertical
bookmarkduugia i de gai
be tired of eating a particular kind of food
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkege iho
adjective lower (something)
bookmarkgai de henua
noun native food (not imported)
bookmarkgaini
any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgau lama
noun rachis of the coconut leaf
bookmarkgelemea
noun a by-product of the tumeric-making process
bookmarkgoinga o tai
noun high-watermark
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgu soe donu
unmistakably, for certain
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkhadu me llanga
lay out plaited work
bookmarkhagadania
verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhagatoo donu
verb promise, contract1 with; swear to the truth of
bookmarkhai me gaiaa
to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)
bookmarkhai me galasi
to steal after having sort of asked for
bookmarkhailu
verb wipe oneself (after defecating)
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhale nnoa
noun prison,jail
bookmarkhaunu
verb <= hagaunu>
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhevaalogi
the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhonga de mouli
during the lifetime of
bookmarkhonga iainei
at this time,these days
bookmarkkii ange
verb increase
bookmarklaaigi
noun a driftwood plant sp., with an aromaticsap which is used for perfume
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklava sili
adjective good enough; stop
bookmarkllaga
verb take a single step
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklua-malama
time noun february (’second month’)
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmaga tau hoe
to paddle (a canoe) vigorously
bookmarkmahagi
adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)
bookmarkmaimai mai
become maimai
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmaluu
verb soft
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmatoloia
noun a type of prepared food (made from dried breadfruit)
bookmarkmau goloa
rich in material possessions
bookmarkme osi
noun a coconuttree seedling
bookmarkmomme hai lua
a fishing spot (beyond the seaward reef) where either reef or ocean fish canbe found
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkmouli
adjective living, alive; life; life-style; that on which life seems to depend (e.g., favorite food or activity); life-principle (spirit, soul, etc.)
bookmarkmui
verb gathered around (something)
bookmarkmuli mai loo
much later
bookmarknabe
verb to hook under the waistband or belt
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkoo tanga
adjective too big (clothes), spacious
bookmarksaelea
verb walked upon
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarksinga mai (adu, ange)
come carrying
bookmarkssii
a hissing sound used to indicate disapproval
bookmarkssoi
to foretell a death by words or actions (which cause death)
bookmarktaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for singular noun)
bookmarktaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
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