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aasii
noun drum (native)
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkaugaunga
noun the appearance of an infected area
bookmarkbala
adjective soft, mushy, offering no resistance
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbau iho
adjective capable only of looking after oneself (not others)
bookmarkbulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkbuni ange
agree with; join, close up (something, e.g., a hole); close up to
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdagitilo
verb watchful, be on the lookout, keep aneye on
bookmarkdahuli de lodo
change of heart, change one’s mind, repent
bookmarkdala malo
adjective change clothes
bookmarkdalaa mada
noun <= dalaa umada>
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
daubeemala
verb a method of braiding flower headdressesor necklaces made from manu-mala
bookmarkde hua nei
this size
bookmarkdeai ange loo soo savaa
now i’ve got you
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
diidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdogo
verb to punt (propel a canoe by poling); puntpole
bookmarkduu galeve
adjective to collect the sap of a coconut tree (from its inflorescence)
bookmarkduudane
noun buttock
bookmarkduudanga daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgamugamua
verb covered all over (or here and there)with gamu
bookmarkgapua
verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)
bookmarkgave hua loa
gelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgobegobe
adjective cough (repeatedly)
bookmarkguduaanga
noun abounding in lice
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagabaasi
verb do toward one side
bookmarkhagadania
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagahana iho
verb record for a little while
bookmarkhagaingoo
verb give a name to, named, called
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagallogo
verb chant (in the old religious ceremony)
bookmarkhagamadagu
scare (someone); frighten (someone).
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhai de hai
adjective stubborn, willful
bookmarkhenua gee
foreign lands
bookmarkhidu laangi
noun Sunday
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
huga
noun fine threads or strands
bookmarkhuligee
turn away from, turn inside out (of clothes)
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dahi
number eleven
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmagi dee manava
asthma
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmassala
clear-headed
bookmarkmmao
adjective far,distant
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkngaage nei
gilbertislands
bookmarkniho vaiuu
noun milkteeth, deciduousteeth
bookmarkpaibu
noun pipe
bookmarksaagule
pick head lice
bookmarksaahea
adjective be caught (esp. fish) and secured
bookmarksabini
verb to wrap around
bookmarkse goo
adept at
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarkseleia
verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
bookmarkssaga bau
taina aahine
noun sister
bookmarktainadaane madua
noun elder brother
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