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alaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkalaa maa
those there were about (approximately)
bookmarkbabu
adjective the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbido gamu
uselessly short
bookmarkboo dolu de gulu
the third day after breadfruit has been picked (after which it is not good to eat)
bookmarkboo gi dua
the period when the quarter moon appears in the east just before sunrise
bookmarkbuudunga
noun pile of, group of
bookmarkdalahalu
noun plantsp.: treesp. (allophylustimorensis (dc.) bl.)
bookmarkdaohi taelodi
adjective keep a record of
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdauagi
verb dry in the sun
bookmarkdiinonga
adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)
bookmarkdogoduli
adjective crouch on all fours
bookmarkdona
verb wart,mole (raised)
bookmarkdongi
verb a spot (e.g., on the skin); point at; peck at; a method of fishing for flying fish in which torches are extinguished on alternate legs of the canoe track
bookmarkdoonga a lima
one’s own tools, or tools with which one is familiar
bookmarkgai ga aha
too bad
bookmarkgai me hagadau doa
eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)
bookmarkgamai
adjective
bring to me, carry to me
gasogo
verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman
bookmarkgauea
noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkgoohunga
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhagabasalia
verb convince someone completely
bookmarkhagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadabena ange
prepare for
bookmarkhagadahi
verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases
bookmarkhagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high inwater (and is planing)
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagaioo
verb cause to give
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagauda de hine
adjective a certain method of delivering a child
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhano mouli
adjective disappear alive (esp. into another world)
bookmarkhebolo
adjective a sign made with the eyes
bookmarkhedae
adjective meet up with; be even with each other
bookmarkheloongoi
adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another
bookmarkiillangi
noun mollusksp.: conus litteratus
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarklaangihagamouli
time noun saturday (the day on which food isprepared for sunday)
bookmarklengisi
noun insectsp.: moth spp.
bookmarklima-laangi
time noun friday (’fifth day’)
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarkllimu
noun a small honu
bookmarklloba
adjective
fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);
lodo hagamau me
adjective selfish with one’s possessions, ungiving
bookmarklodo mao lalo
characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklua-malama
time noun february (’second month’)
bookmarklunga ange
up more
bookmarkmaanga-de-langi
noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmagano
adjective overripe (of pandanus only)
bookmarkmahedu
adjective folded up,rolled up
bookmarkmahuda age
wakeup
bookmarkmaingaa
miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value
bookmarkmanavanava gimoo
adjective panting (as when short of breath)
bookmarkmanu-gaba-aasanga
noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)
bookmarkme gee
a coconut without any meat
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmoosugia ange
somewhat moosugia
bookmarkngadi gai
verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkngaue mai
to reduce (in price, etc.)
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarknoobiho
adjective be enemies (of individuals only)
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksee
adjective
barely, just barely
tainadaane madua
noun elder brother
bookmarkuuvae
feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
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