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aasii
noun drum (native)
bookmarkadu
noun fishclub (priest)
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkbalagula
adjective clumsy
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkbooi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkdaabeduge adu ange
take a lot of
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdau manu
verb flock of birds (feeding on a school of fish)
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally stretched (of two or more ropes)
bookmarkdauulu
verb verdant (indicating growing well)
bookmarkdee kai laa dangada
so, it’s not so after all (just as we believed at first); no wonder
bookmarkdee modu
adjective continually
bookmarkdelaa naa ()
that there will be it (will that be it)
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkdoo gaiaa
ambush; attack by surprise or stealth
bookmarkduu keli
adjective firmly in place,earnestly
bookmarkduu saba
adjective unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkeba
a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgahuduna
noun ridgepole cover
bookmarkgali ange
wound around or tied or fastened very tightly
bookmarkgalo-gila
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkgalohia
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgava dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgavada
noun
a type of basket
giigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgubenga
noun large net for fishing
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhagaahe mai
adjective return to the fold
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagabiigia
verb to make sticky
bookmarkhagabulumau
adjective watch your step climbing
bookmarkhagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadalea
verb
make someone tired
hagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagamadagu
scare (someone); frighten (someone).
bookmarkhagammae lodo
insult (someone)
bookmarkhagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhauala
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhonu tai
adjective high tide
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkiloo me
adjective charlatanism
bookmarkivi-a-daea
noun shoulderblade
bookmarkkii adu
get out
bookmarklaagau
wood, stick (of wood)
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
mada galava
noun spear foreshaft
bookmarkmagi labua gee
upset stomach (nausea)
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalo-ngiso
noun
driftwoodsp.
manu-a-madaligi
noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmili mmili
verb to sift; rub between fingers
bookmarkmoahulu
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmoana
noun open sea, the atmosphere
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarkngadi hanonga
a useless journey
bookmarkniho ngalo
molar teeth, wisdom teeth
bookmarknngao dalinga
adjective hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarkogo
noun the attachment of a clam to the reef
bookmarksaga gee
saga away from; extend out inspace
bookmarksangatai
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarksaugalo
verb stir
bookmarkse hia
just how many
bookmarksebugi
numeral billions
bookmarksii tae
adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksseu
push violently
bookmarksugi de ngudu
the corner of the mouth
bookmarktegi
adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
bookmarkvelo de hagasii
a type of game
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