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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkadamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkaduhenua
noun group of islands or atolls; archipelago
bookmarkagu iho
say to oneself
bookmarkagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarkalaa sili
those there were enough
bookmarkanei ai
these (here) only
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbini daubeemala
verb a method of making flower headdresses
bookmarkdai hiigai
adjective hungry
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangalebu de moana
rough or choppy seas
bookmarkdao ssanga
noun roof support (top) poles, wall plates
bookmarkdavaia
noun the largest sort of tuna
bookmarkdelaa ai huu
that was it (as before)
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkgabia
verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkgano moana
noun open sea, far away from any land
bookmarkgelu haiusu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgohu de me
become dark (with no natural light)
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgoloa lalo
noun gear obtained from foreign lands
bookmarkgoo
adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)
bookmarkgoo
noun tarospade
bookmarkhaanialo
verb a bracing cross-beam <>
bookmarkhadi
adjective broken (as a stick), bent up
bookmarkhagaaha
verb cause to do what
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagahale
verb begin to form (of a situation)
bookmarkhagaingoo
verb give a name to, named, called
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamainu
verb provide with bait
bookmarkhagao ngadaa
adjective expensive
bookmarkhagaseenga
noun way of just being able to
bookmarkhai dangada
adjective the relationship between relatives, related (of persons)
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai me hagamadia
behave in a more-or-less show-off manner
bookmarkhao
verb drill through,burrow
bookmarkhaunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkhelau
verb sorcery
bookmarkhhadi iho luu vae
take a short break (in work involvingstanding)
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkhilo hagamaadau
verb
to braid sennit with the right hand;
honu-uda
noun insectsp. (small and turtle-like)
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarkkii iho
adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklango beau
verb a method of lashing the outrigger float to the outrigger struts
bookmarklili baasi gee
accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member
bookmarklodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lua
number twelve
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
maomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkme naa gi...
I wish that...
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmuu-madavai
noun fishsp. (rare)
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngago gaagoo
noun chicken egg
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkngaue iho
adjective reduce (in rank, price, etc.)
bookmarknoho dau donu
sit quietly
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarkpaa
adjective explode,burst
bookmarksahudu
sea bass
bookmarksangatai
mollusk, Spondylus
bookmarksigale
scull (a boat)
bookmarksileia doo soa
look, your neighbor is competing against you
bookmarksobo
adjective rise up (as the sun), get up, jump up
bookmarkssae de hine
to deflower a girl
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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