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au dili uda
an ocean current flowing toward land
bookmarkbaalasa
verb
ballast for an outrigger
baasanga
noun manner of speaking, idiolect, dialect
bookmarkbasa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbigi lima
adjective hold hands
bookmarkbii
adjective semen, ejaculate
bookmarkboaa ina mai
prevented from coming by being caught in a storm
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdaalea
adjective
tired
daane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdagodo hai sala
fornication
bookmarkdahea gee
drift away
bookmarkdahinga
noun way of shaving
bookmarkdale pilo
verb a game (like tag), to leave something unfinished after having tried only slightly
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaua
verb war,battle
bookmarkdavage
noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)
bookmarkdee baa tae
stay for only a very short time
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdongi de lae
a spot on the forehead
dookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduu dalo
noun piece of soft taro
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food made from taro
bookmarkeidu ai
treat as a totem, worship, treat as asupernatural being
bookmarkeu sege
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkganae-oo
noun fishsp.: threadfin
bookmarkgili laa
verb suntanned
bookmarkginadoa
verb a boil on the body that is hard and painful, and which will not come to a head
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoo
adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhaele sala
spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.
bookmarkhagaboo
adjective greet; take leave of
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagalaagii
verb
decorate, adorn; ornament
hagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagapogo
verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up.
bookmarkhagasabala
verb talk (someone) into (something)
bookmarkhano gee
go away
haoli
verb cover up
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishingpole
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarki ama
on the same side of a canoe as theoutrigger float
bookmarki hee ai goe
you lose
bookmarkilihia ssave
the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkkala
adjective fragrance (esp. of food)
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
double-edged
bookmarkkii
verb move away
bookmarklangi maakau
the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarkleba
verb flap in the wind (like a flag)
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklodo llidi
adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmaalama
verb light (not dark),bright
bookmarkmaalisa
noun an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmanua
verb diseased
bookmarkmilo
noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmouli age
regain consciousness, rise from thedead
bookmarknao gasi
verb eat messily (by poking at all of thefood instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)
bookmarknevea
verb be neve
bookmarkngadi moana
noun <= laangai ngadi moana>
bookmarkolonoa
sea cucumber
bookmarkovea
verb disheveled (as the chicken feathers on a much-used trolling lure)
bookmarksenga manu
stupid (like an animal)
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarksolo
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
bookmarkssili mada
to faint, be unconscious
bookmarkulumonu
porpoise
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
bookmarkuu
milk
bookmarkvalagei
whip black coral
bookmarkvvala
a piercingly bright light; the cutting of a fast canoe through the water
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