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ageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkamo
verb lift up
bookmarkanaa loo
these (there) were the ones
bookmarkbaalasi ngago
adjective incubation of eggs (by a hen)
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
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boaa
verb be caught in a storm
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkbunua
noun a young bird (of any sp. suitable for being raised as a pet)
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdau masa
noun the season during which tides are lowest
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdogo duu
verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe
bookmarkdonu
noun fishsp.: seabass (= small ava)
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduu lua
verb to have the strength or capacity of two persons; to take on two persons in a fight
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkgabi saele
adjective carry around holding
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgadaha
noun birdsp.: greatfrigatebird(fregata minor)
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgauligi daane
noun male child,boy
bookmarkgoloa o taane
male genitalia
bookmarkgolomagi lodo
adjective self-controlled
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu de uinga
to place stakes on the sides of uinga
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagahenua
verb give land to
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagaida
verb to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips)
bookmarkhagalongaa
adjective <= hagalongoaa>
bookmarkhagamabu iho
adjective rest for a short time
bookmarkhagi ade
adjective insult (someone)
bookmarkhai gaiaa
verb use without permission
bookmarkhai maa
adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai madangi
verb to fart
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhakii gee
<= kii gee>
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkholadage
adjective laid out or spreadout all over
bookmarkholi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklau ligi
verb having small leaves
bookmarklligi
adjective
fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small
lou gulu
adjective pick breadfruit
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmagi dehenua
verb have fever
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmahaa
adjective broken up, cracked, burst
bookmarkmahuda
adjective be awake for a short time; have one’s eyes open
bookmarkmalaungudu
noun lip, lips
bookmarkmalo gulu
barkcloth, made from the inner skin of the breadfruit
bookmarkmalo maadolu
noun heavy clothing
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmau haahine
adjective attractive to women (for someinexplicable reason)
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkmmahi i de gai
eat more than seems appropriate to one’s body size
bookmarkmmoa gango
adjective burned food which has been overcooked
bookmarkmoe
adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)
bookmarkngadi dangada
noun an ordinary person, commoner; a person of slight social value
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarknguu
noun squid (3 types)
bookmarknonu
noun plantsp.: tree sp. (the archaic name of bugaliaa)
bookmarkodi sango
adjective completely cleaned up or finished; all gone; each and every oneall gone
bookmarkoho adu
go early
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thighbone
bookmarksigo ina uavesi
don’t forget
bookmarksilivaahea
wander about with no fixed abode
bookmarksseu
push violently
bookmarksulu
dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)
bookmarktamana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandfather
bookmarktea age laangi
noun dawn
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