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anaa ange maalie
those are exactly right
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkbadabaatai
adjective
balu malau
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangadala
noun fish sp.: seabass
bookmarkbolengia
verb do something without reflection
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdaa gee taahili
sing off-key
bookmarkdaahaa
daahili daumaha
adjective a church song
bookmarkdaelodo gi lunga
a large number of
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdatada de galomada
twitching of an eye
bookmarkdauagi
verb dry in the sun
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdaunadi
unclassified would it be better if (implyingdisagreement)...
bookmarkdee galo
perhaps
bookmarkdua pada
adjective to plait with thick strands
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkduuaa
verb to be in trouble
bookmarkduudae baa
the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkelaa
a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgabanibaonga
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkgabinivali
noun a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgaleu
adjective a change of wind direction
bookmarkgalo hagalegunga
adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way
bookmarkgaloa
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgana
noun bad person
bookmarkgasia
verb worthwhile,important,valuable
bookmarkgavadu
adjective
give or carry (something) to you
geesaama
noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhaanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhadu-bunga
noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahale
verb begin to form (of a situation)
bookmarkhagammae lodo
verb insult (someone)
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhai aha
adjective what relationship
bookmarkhale de henua
hebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkheiloo
adjective know each other,understand each other
bookmarkhonga iainei
at this time,these days
bookmarkhono
verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)
bookmarkkii adu
get out
bookmarkkumi tangi
adjective to control one’s crying
bookmarklaagau-bala-uda
noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)
bookmarklangona iho maahana
feel punished or victimized
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklo te vvela
the hottest part (of the day, of a fire, etc.)
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarkmaadai
noun a cult official (who looked after the cult-house)
bookmarkmaaguluaa
adjective dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkmaangalo
verb sweet
bookmarkmaavae
adjective separated (two things),divorced
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot (weather)
bookmarkmanava i lunga
manu hao vai
noun a bottle (of glass)
bookmarkme abadai
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkme hanga dalogo
ingredients of dalogo
bookmarkmidia ange
dream about
bookmarkmoaga
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmoni dui
a canoe rigged for casting for tuna
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkpono
verb to close
bookmarksambagidaa
sasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
bookmarksomo boi
adjective grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarkudo
the soft wood around the center of a tree trunk
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