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aalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkabo
adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable
bookmarkaboo
tonight
bookmarkalaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkanaa donu
those only
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbodubodu
verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine (extending from a fish, etc.)
bookmarkdama ssege
noun a foetus which has been aborted
bookmarkdaua
verb war,battle
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdauleelage
noun fishsp.: blenny
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdelaa ai
therefore (with respect to that there)
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdube
adjective movements perceived under the covers; the swarming of maggots in meat
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgalo
adjective look at, stare
bookmarkgau bini baalanga
an iron rod
bookmarkgau laagau
noun the shaft of a spear
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgave ala
a method of planting mats
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind
bookmarkgiligili tai
noun horizon
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoloa duu biho
barber’s tools
bookmarkgoobai lau
noun a hat made from pandanus leaves
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagadalea
verb
make someone tired
hagadali
verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagailangi-bangi
noun a type of prepared food (bangi soaked in coconut milk)
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagao ngadaa
adjective expensive
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhagasebugi
verb make a total of one billion
bookmarkhagassoga
verb
hagausi age
appearance of rain clouds on the horizon
bookmarkhagavvale
verb spiritpossession
bookmarkhai madangi
adjective passwind (flatus)
bookmarkhai me dagi
work slowly
bookmarkhai me dua nnui
do violently
bookmarkhai me hoosenga
somewhat hoosenga
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkhakohu luu mada
squint (eyes),frown
bookmarkhakoobai
verb put a hat on (someone)
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhhoa de lae
to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhonu tolo
noun a turtle of the largest size
bookmarkkumi tangi
to control one’s crying
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklaagau hagadauaadea
noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it
bookmarklo te vvela
the hottest part (of the day, of a fire, etc.)
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkma hee
where else
bookmarkmaaileele
adjective die,dead (persons or animals)
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmadaoaligi
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmago
adjective bad weather (high wind or rain, or rough seas)
bookmarkmahuda age
wakeup
bookmarkmalo huna
adjective breechclout
bookmarkmanu ea
noun coralhead (at or broaching the surface of the water)
bookmarkmoebili
adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime
bookmarkmuu
adjective utter (words or sounds), reply (tosomeone)
bookmarkngaa
noun fishsp.
bookmarknoho donu
adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)
bookmarkolonoa
sea cucumber
bookmarksaniba
silversides
bookmarksauduu
mermaid
bookmarkse aha ga hai
it’s not possibledon’t worry about it (i don’t think so.)
bookmarksili gee
stand out from (others in a group) in distane or height
bookmarksingano
verb the flower of the pandanus tree
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarkssae aalanga
adjective sore in the muscles
bookmarksua hadu umu
stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven
bookmarksula
verb arrive
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarkula de gili
inflammation; red in the face; sunburned
bookmarkului
turn inside out
bookmarkuso
umbilical cord
bookmarkvalaai tao
dye
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