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aduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkalo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkanei ai
these (here) only
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkboa
noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkboo gi dai
the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset
bookmarkbopobo
adjective deteriorated
bookmarkbulobulou
verb to net flying fish
bookmarkbulubuludi
verb keep hugging
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
daea
adjective to have arrived at
bookmarkdaga
verb go from one place to another in a group
bookmarkdagalia
verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare
bookmarkdamaa dae
adjective skillful at catching flying fish
bookmarkdamaa dogi
adjective skillful in the use of an adze
bookmarkdamana
noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship
bookmarkdangalebu de me
bad weather
bookmarkdao malui
noun a spear with a hinged barb
bookmarkdau namu
noun mosquitonet
bookmarkde hine hagahaanau
midwife
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdena
that
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdolo
noun
plantsp.: sugarcane
doo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duu lua
verb to have the strength or capacity of two persons; to take on two persons in a fight
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgoede
noun octopus
bookmarkgu soe donu
unmistakably, for certain
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhaaligi
verb wrap from under, wrap around; to line1 something (e.g., a box, with paper)
bookmarkhadugolaa
any stone of volcanic origin [imported from volcanic islands].
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to have been sufficient, relieve
bookmarkhagabaagava
verb to threaten violence
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagahaa (ina)
verb make a total of four
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagasula tangada
adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhaiadaligi
noun the eldest child of the eldest child
bookmarkhenuu
noun placenta
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhonu
green turtle (2 varieties)
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarkigohinga
noun way of using igohi
bookmarkilosia
verb wormy or maggoty (of something decayed)
bookmarkkanosaa
adjective a tasteless tuber of poor quality
bookmarkkoi
verb scrape (a single act), scraper
bookmarklavasi
noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarklluhe
noun plantsp.: swordfern (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarklo te
lodo lanea
adjective indecisive,confused
bookmarkloigulu
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarkluu panava
noun scrotum (whole thing)
bookmarkmada-galisi
verb the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadaangahulu-malama
time noun october (’tenth month’)
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmagi sali usu
headcold,runny nose
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalau ngudu
noun lips
bookmarkmalaungudu
noun lip, lips
bookmarkmanu solo maadau
file (for filing metal)
bookmarkmanu vaaligi
noun insect (small)
bookmarkmmene ono me
to be unable to go to the toilet, owing to the approach of people
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkoo
adjective shout
bookmarkpalo
noun a watery area extending into a land area (e.g., a bay)
bookmarksauligi
noun a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksiili
a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarktaula (o de me holu)
noun bowstring (string of the bow)
bookmarkuadanga
an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship
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