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adugau daane
noun part of the plug of the pandanus
bookmarkaha
verb what
bookmarkaha ai
what for
bookmarkaliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkanaa ange huu
that
anaboo nei
tonight (past)
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbasa soe
adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkdaakodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
daane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdaane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdauaadea
verb clear (with nothing in the way); unobstructed; cleared (of obstructions)
bookmarkdelaa ange naa
about that
deledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
diba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plant
bookmarke hia
how much
bookmarkeleele
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgalo saele
adjective look around (moving one’s body about)
bookmarkgalubu
a type of toy
bookmarkgamedi
noun
gasi
noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma
bookmarkgau hadu
the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgau looloa gaadinga
noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts
bookmarkgiidagi
verb relish (meat or fish, or something substituting for meat or fish, eaten with taro, etc.)
bookmarkgoso
adjective bothered, annoyed
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
hadu alo
noun the bottom portion of a fish
bookmarkhadu lunga
noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagabahhaa
verb to exhale suddenly; making exhalation noises
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagailonga
verb sign,mark,signal,omen
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasemuna
verb make a total of one hundred million
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai ngaohie
adjective easy
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhakide gee
spoil (a child)
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhangaabo
verb the fitting together of the two halves of something, so that it is closed
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhhau
verb tie up,fasten by tying (wrapping)
bookmarkhhoa de usu
to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhhou
insist upon
bookmarkhoolu
noun prow (bottom part)
bookmarkhune
noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkiloo me
charlatanism
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkkaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarkkangi odi
adjective too sharp
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklebidi
noun birdsp.: whitetern
bookmarkloha
noun birdsp. (never seen live)
bookmarkmaaguluaa
adjective dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkmaga ahi
noun glowing embers (without a flame)
bookmarkmahanasia
verb heated
bookmarkmanava bodo
adjective shortness of breath
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkmoeagi
verb do by stealth
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmuli
adjective debt,owe
bookmarkngaage
downtown.
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkniho gai
noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)
bookmarksaabudu
noun fishsp. (= large saagahinoa)
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksiba
verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking
bookmarksila
verb look for
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksogoisi loo huu
somo
adjective grow, develop; coconutapple
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarksulu
dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarkteve
adjective hair or feathers standing on end
bookmarktolu-laangi
Wednesday (’third day’)
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