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alaa ange maalie
those there are exactly right
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkamu ligi
fine threads or hairs or fibers (in feather or leaf); fine-feathered
bookmarkanataiao
this morning
bookmarkau ga humai nei
"i’m going on my way now..."
bookmarkbakau dahi de manu
not to go fishing when other groups are going
bookmarkbasa gauligi
adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk
bookmarkbe goai (naa huu)
whoever
bookmarkbunua
noun a young bird (of any sp. suitable for being raised as a pet)
bookmarkdaalea
adjective
tired
daelodo gi lunga
a large number of
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdala mmea
verb redness or inflammation of the skin (e.g., a welt)
bookmarkdee modu
adjective continually
bookmarkdemeelaa
that one over there
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdiha
verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict
bookmarkdilo
verb look at (inspect)
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doadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdola
adjective erection (of penis)
bookmarkdonu huu
only,just (no more than)
bookmarkdotonogaa
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkga dae laa huu
very, too much
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgamalie
adjective do attentively
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkgili
skin
bookmarkgoosuu
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhadiugu
verb a unit of linear measure (from the end of an outstretched hand to the bent elbow of the other arm)
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
cushion starfish
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagadaemahadia
verb put too much weight on
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu gaiaa
adjective suspicious by nature
bookmarkhagaiho
verb show (someone) how to climb down
bookmarkhagalima (ina)
verb make a total of five
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagammau
adjective poisonous
bookmarkhagassogalia
verb
hagavaiduu
verb to act as though one were lazy
bookmarkhai me gaiaa
to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)
bookmarkhai moni
adjective sailor
bookmarkhanu ange
some more
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkhedaadoi
adjective collide
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhhau
verb tie up,fasten by tying (wrapping)
bookmarkhidi de mamu dunu
curling up of fish (when cooked)
bookmarkibu
noun
laagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklaangai buusagi
noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarklou
verb a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick (breadfruit), pull down
bookmarkluu mada
noun face (of a person)
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaadau hholu
noun a fishhook made of wire
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaagoda
adjective jealous (sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmadamataia
verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia
bookmarkmadau-dalinga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmangoo-dahola
noun fishsp.: blacktipshark
bookmarkmanu lauligi
masole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkme hai dago
ritual acts,religious acts
bookmarkme vae
shoes, slippers
bookmarkmmae tinae
adjective convulsed with laughter
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkngadi ngavesi
an empty box
bookmarkngadolia
verb to have ngado
bookmarkoia
adjective a sound used to communicate the tiredness of the speaker, or that the speaker recognizes his mistake
bookmarkolaa
a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
sauligi
noun a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksingano
verb the flower of the pandanus tree
bookmarkssae de leo
to project one’s voice better (e.g., after clearing one’s throat)
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
bookmarkubu hhoa
type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell
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