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aalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkade
noun liver
bookmarkadumodu
noun group of islets; atoll (collection of islets)
bookmarkahe
verb return, go back
bookmarkanaa ai laa
those then were those
bookmarkangi
verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)
bookmarkaovaa
noun hour
bookmarkbasa senga
adjective speak senselessly
bookmarkbe hia
how many (according to someone)
bookmarkbigi
adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)
bookmarkboda
verb straggly (hair or feathers)
bookmarkbua leu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkbuugani
adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)
bookmarkdaa
verb
to make a sharp turn
daadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdaane hai moni
sailor,seaman
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdala-loa
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdama de bialodo
noun
deformed foetus
danngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdaohi age
donate,contribute
bookmarkdau
noun cover for an earth oven
bookmarkde ngago
noun brain
bookmarkdiidegaehala
noun the sixth child of a couple
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkduanui
noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarkduu-uli
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkduudae maadau
noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>
bookmarkgabaea mai
found hanged (suicide)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgaisaa
verb wasteful in preparing food,uneconomical
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgideu
noun plantsp.: fern sp.
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkhadu mada
noun eyeball
bookmarkhagadae
verb to give a hand net to
bookmarkhagadau kino
adjective hate each other
bookmarkhagadeai
verb cause to become non-existent
bookmarkhagadulagi
verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse
bookmarkhagamainu
verb provide with bait
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagatala senga
adjective foolishly rough playing or joking
bookmarkhagatili
verb swoop down, swoop across
bookmarkhagavogi
verb a whistle (made with the lips)
bookmarkhai de biho
verb act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhatuli
verb thunder
bookmarkhedogi
verb the sound of tapping
bookmarkhine duuhua
noun unmarried girl
bookmarkholau
canoe house
bookmarkhune
noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarklauali
verb immature leaves
bookmarklava sili
adjective good enough; stop
bookmarklehua
verb blurred; covered with ashes
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarkllaga
verb take a single step
bookmarklodo lanea
adjective large in volume
bookmarkloma
adjective very calm, silent
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa haa
number fourteen
bookmarkmagiaa
adjective envious, jealous (non-sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmahi loa
adjective tireless
bookmarkmahuda
adjective be awake for a short time; have one’s eyes open
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmmahi i de gai
eat more than seems appropriate to one’s body size
bookmarkmmano
noun thousands
bookmarkngadi ubu
noun an empty coconut shell used as a container
bookmarkngisi
verb a squeaking sound
bookmarkngudu leia
be the object of continual gossip
bookmarkniho
teeth
bookmarkomada
noun eye region (including eyes, eyelids, eyebrows)
bookmarkoo iho (age)
adjective able to enter, going up (down)
bookmarkpaa iho
explode from above
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksebu
adjective seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarksii tae
diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksou daane
noun a sudden strong gust of wind
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