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aahee huu
then which
bookmarkahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkaligi
adjective priest (of a cult)
bookmarkau dili uda
an ocean current flowing toward land
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkboda
verb straggly (hair or feathers)
bookmarkboi a eidu
temporarily abnormal
bookmarkbua maliaa
daava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdahinga
noun way of shaving
bookmarkdauaabulu
verb nearly sunk
bookmarkde hua nei
this size
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdili dai
adjective any current flowing away from the atoll
bookmarkdolona
verb flooded, washedout
bookmarkdolu llau
number three hundred
bookmarkduubulei
noun head of the penis
bookmarkduulanga
noun the place of, the track of (something)
bookmarkea
adjective to surface (while swimming); to be on the surface of the water; stop swimming
bookmarkgadebega
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgaha
noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained
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galoi
ganimua
noun the eldest child of a couple
bookmarkgano agau
noun reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgau mai moni
noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)
bookmarkgiidagi
verb relish (meat or fish, or something substituting for meat or fish, eaten with taro, etc.)
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkhagaao
verb cause to be sufficient
bookmarkhagabela
verb provide bela for
bookmarkhagaboongia
verb remain somewhere until dark
bookmarkhagadoo dai
adjective to fish off the reef for tuna
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagalanea
verb cause to increase in quantity; greedy
bookmarkhagamaingaa
verb cause one to feel maingaa
bookmarkhagammidi
noun suction of a sea current, undertow.
bookmarkhagapuunia
verb add up (many things)
bookmarkhagasaulaba
verb treat as saulaba
bookmarkhagaseloo
verb make a total of one million
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai huaame
punctilious, be particular
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhenua abasasa
noun land of the europeans (includingamerica, japan, etc.)
bookmarkhetugi
adjective meet by chance,encounter
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
hue
noun plantsp.: vine sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkhulu
noun
hair (on the body)
inau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light
bookmarkioonga
noun way of giving
bookmarkkoi
verb scrape (a single act), scraper
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarklau ngago
noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklo te hebagi
during the war
bookmarklo te vvela
the hottest part (of the day, of a fire, etc.)
bookmarkloloa
adjective tall; long
bookmarkluu agu
pronoun my (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmanava bodo
adjective shortness of breath
bookmarkmanga
noun a branch, part of (something havingcoordinate parts)
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmodomodo
mouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarkngavesi
noun box,coffin,crate
bookmarkoha valaai
adjective to disobey the instructions of a healer
bookmarkonge
famine
bookmarkpugu
adjective
swollen
saa
a share of food (esp. for children)
bookmarksaaliba
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarksagea gee
extremely sagea
bookmarksiili
noun a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksolo
verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)
bookmarkssave
flying fish
bookmarktao tangada
to immerse a person in medication
bookmarkuuvae
feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth
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