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alahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbasalia
verb be talked about (one person or thing only)
bookmarkbauanga
noun worth, value
bookmarkboolaa
adjective a type of sound, indicating surprise
bookmarkbugaliaa
buli
verb grab up
bookmarkdaane dagidahi
noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdagodo gee (ma)
another thing altogether;different (from); recuperating (after an illness)
bookmarkdahuli de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdama lalo
noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangada madua
adjective old person,adult
bookmarkdangi hhadu
adjective cry for effect
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdatanu
noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)
bookmarkdau makaga
adjective tightly stretched (not slack)
bookmarkdee manava age
do earnestly
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdilia ange
give fish to
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdohi lau
verb to strip pandanus leaves (to make mats, etc.)
bookmarkdotodi
adjective limping (as an action)
bookmarkduu modu
vertical cut
bookmarkege iho
adjective lower (something)
bookmarkgava-uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgili ulunga
noun pillowcase
bookmarkguba-dee-gaina
noun fishsp.
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaadugau
verb arrange things in a row or line
bookmarkhagaali
verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagadibalia
verb cause to tip to one side
bookmarkhagadubu o de moe
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahaanau
verb to help to deliver a child (as a midwife does)
bookmarkhagahaibodu
verb wedding; perform a wedding
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagamao lunga
verb arrogant,haughty,overbearing,proud
bookmarkhagasula tangada
adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position
bookmarkhai huaabodu
treat someone (including one’s spouse) as a relative by not asking permission to use or borrow property; treat a relative as belonging to another family altogether
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhai ngadaa
adjective difficult
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhaunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhhui mai tai
flow of the tide
bookmarkhiloa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkhuaahenua
community
bookmarkiai sago
adjective having special ability (strength, power, etc.) which others do not have, a strong or powerful (person)
bookmarkidi
verb to husk (a coconut) with one’s teeth
bookmarkiholia
verb useful for climbing down
bookmarklaosedi
noun seawater
bookmarklaso
the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarkllidi
adjective dressup (esp. in new or very fancyclothes)
bookmarkma gi
in order to
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmagi sali usu
headcold,runny nose
bookmarkmanu solo laagau
a file (for filing metal)
bookmarkmasaala
verb clear-headed
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmee saabini uga
reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)
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bookmarkmilo
verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring
bookmarkmoana dabeo
rough seas
bookmarkmulegi
verb showoff (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkngadi laangi
noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished
bookmarkni aha
what are these
bookmarknnui
adjective
large
sausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksavali
verb hungry
bookmarksigale
verb scull (a boat)
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarksomo boi
adjective grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarksulu
dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
bookmarkvaagia
found or caught doing something wrong
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