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agoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbabu daaea
noun fish sp., snapper
bookmarkbalia
adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)
bookmarkbigibigi
adjective more-or-less close to
bookmarkboa
noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition
bookmarkbulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdagu age
say out loud
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdaia e sseni
very sleepy
bookmarkdama doo
noun a foetus which has been aborted
bookmarkdangalebu de me
bad weather
bookmarkdao
noun a method of calculating the relative maturity of coconuts by comparing the size of the upper (immature) ones on the tree with the lower (mature) ones; the second of a pair (e.g., dao dogai)
bookmarkdao tili
noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached
bookmarkdaohi i tua
learn by heart
bookmarkdau namu
noun mosquitonet
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdenga daanunga
noun graves
bookmarkdongi de lae
noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food made from taro
bookmarkgabaduu
verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current
bookmarkgage de henua
invade
bookmarkgau laagau
noun the shaft of a spear
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgolomagi lodo
adjective self-controlled
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhaangoda de boo
a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)
bookmarkhadu o de mamu
noun the hard stomach-like organ of certain fish
bookmarkhagabinga
verb name (something)
bookmarkhagadabena iho
verb prepare oneself, make oneself
bookmarkhagadau doo
verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagaleo
verb to produce sound
bookmarkhagalloba ange
verb to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe).
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagaoomea
verb to wait until oomea
bookmarkhagasaalunga de lungi
a member of the Christian Endeavor Society
bookmarkhagasae gili
pierce the skin superficially
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhagassahu
verb to try one’s best to do something bad or harmful
bookmarkhai aoa ina
verb bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkhai baasi
adjective take sides against, oppose
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form
bookmarkhaula
verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)
bookmarkhhule
verb to expose the head of the penis by pulling back the foreskin
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkisi
verb to peel off in long thin strips
bookmarkkaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarklaangai ngadi moana
a fishing condition in which tuna arebiting, but do not appear in schools
bookmarklaangai sahole
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklebu
verb paint (something); put color on, color (something)
bookmarkllou
hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmadaala
adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit
bookmarkmahola gimoo
adjective to have many dead animals (or fish) lying about
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkme hagaahulu
prepared food
bookmarkmidia
verb dream about
bookmarkmomme
noun a place
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarkngadi me
noun nothing,unimportant,useless,worthless
bookmarkngalogu
adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarkngole iho
adjective to use the biggest first
bookmarkngudu aahua
noun islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkonge
verb famine
bookmarkpono
verb to close
bookmarksaagule
pick head lice
bookmarksaalinga
noun street; road
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarktangada aduhale
the sort of person who feels at home everywhere and is continually visiting (considered uncouth)
bookmarkuhi
to replace a ridge pole cover of a thatch house; to cover the sides of a house with plaited green coconut leaves as protection against ghosts
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