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alaa dagodo
those there are the circumstances...
bookmarkalaa muna
word <= dalaa muna>
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbese
noun one of the harmony parts in old chants
bookmarkboo gi dua
the period when the quarter moon appears in the east just before sunrise
bookmarkbudu
noun the appearance of many fish (or birds, or animals which are good to eat) after a death
bookmarkbuu-ili
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdagai
adjective move jerkily, flail (one’s legs), flounder about
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdama iai
noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy
bookmarkdao hagaahulu
verb to leave an earth oven covered, even after the food is cooked
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdili uda
adjective an ocean current which comes towards the shore (and carries in driftwood, etc.)
bookmarkdoha
verb to spreadout (something)
bookmarkdua duiagi
noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgapese
verb a method of pole fishing at night(on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgave lodo
adjective attract attention
bookmarkgili dalo
noun hillock
bookmarkgohu de lodo
ignorant
bookmarkgoinga o tai
noun high-watermark
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaalahenua
verb provide land for
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagadoopeva
verb playatrickon
bookmarkhagadubu dinae
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadubuna
verb treat as dubuna
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hagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagalloba ange
to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamuli
verb be late, tarry
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhagasebugi
verb make a total of one billion
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai me
industrious
bookmarkhale langadala
noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)
bookmarkhanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkheiangi
adjective smart, intelligent, clever
bookmarkhhali
verb scoop up (of solids only)
bookmarkiga-adagahi
noun
fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)
lanea
adjective much,plenty
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkllahi
adjective thin (pl.)
bookmarklligi
adjective
fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small
lluhi
adjective an access (of emotion or sensory impression)
bookmarklluu
adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)
bookmarkloiho
adjective
go or come down (or toward the lagoon)
lollolo
oily
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmadaangahulu
numeral ten (objects)
bookmarkmahaa de usu
to have encountered unexpected misfortune
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmahola gimoo
adjective to have many dead animals (or fish) lying about
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmao lunga
adjective high,high-ranking
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkmmano
noun thousands
bookmarkmoahulu
goatfish
bookmarkmodu gee
cut away from; separated from
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngalue iho
adjective reduced,decreased
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksaagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarksae de hadu
make a grater (by punching holes insheet metal)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksalaa
flying fish
bookmarksalaboli
noun may
bookmarksigi manu
adjective to transplant a plant
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
ssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
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