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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkaahulu
verb to leave food cooking overnight
bookmarkahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkanaa ange naa
about that
baabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbaasi e haa o de langi
the four quadrants of the sky
bookmarkbasa pada
adjective speak harshly
bookmarkbaua
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkbooi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)
bookmarkbuliaamou
adjective long for, homesick
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaga
verb go from one place to another in a group
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdaula mada lau nui
noun a rope for tying palm fronds together to make a belubelu seine
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdohi lau
verb to strip pandanus leaves (to make mats, etc.)
bookmarkdoloinui
adjective
a hard lump inside a female’s stomach
doo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduudanga aheahe
noun refrain (of song)
bookmarkgabaea
to hang oneself
bookmarkgage saali
verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali
bookmarkgai baalau
verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkgamua
verb covered with gamu
bookmarkganimua
noun the eldest child of a couple
bookmarkgava dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgave ala
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkgolo
verb remember an incident with a view toward revenge
bookmarkgoononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkhadi aho
adjective
hagaaha
verb cause to do what
bookmarkhagaaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkhagadabena iho
verb prepare oneself, make oneself
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hagaduasala
verb suffer,punish
bookmarkhagaduu gaiaa
adjective suspicious by nature
bookmarkhagahaangoda
verb to teach to fish
bookmarkhagaheiloo
verb make the acquaintance of
bookmarkhagakii dalinga
verb producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something sweet is eaten
bookmarkhagapili
adjective boring
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhala goobai
noun a wooden form used in making hats
bookmarkhale maadenga
noun mortuary house
bookmarkhau singano
noun garland of singano
bookmarkhebaa
adjective be close
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhenga
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkhenuu
verb a method of plaiting
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhua bugaliaa
huda
noun
hulo
verb
go
hungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkilaage mai
free from
bookmarkioo
adjective
to make a sound indicating "take it"
ivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkkaa
adjective a type of sound, made to attract birds
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
adjective double-edged
bookmarkkave gi de mahi
obtain by force
bookmarklanga de gubenga
to pull up a gubenga to store it away
bookmarklau de madila
a tuna of fair size
bookmarklegia
noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarkloadu
adjective
go (toward the hearer)
madahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmagaahi
noun embers
bookmarkmagi dabeo
verb menstruation
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmogobuna
noun grandchild,descendant of
bookmarkmolo
verb to make a knot of hair
bookmarkmomme hagassoe
noun court (of law)
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muna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarkngadi moana
noun <= laangai ngadi moana>
bookmarknngaolia
verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarknohu
noun fishsp.: stone-fish
bookmarkodea
noon, midday
bookmarksagulaa-dagua
noun fishsp.
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarksomo haahine
adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarksugi de ngudu
the corner of the mouth
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
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