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aoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkbaa sege
adjective carom off
bookmarkbaagava
noun violent in word or action
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
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boda
verb straggly (hair or feathers)
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbualeu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkdaahaa mada balabala
the stage of development of the coconut between mugamuga and daahaa
bookmarkdaane honu
noun a person of many accomplishments
bookmarkdada de ava
a strong current in the channel
bookmarkdaemaha
adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagaa
verb a leader (for a fishline, made of olonga)
bookmarkdala-moana
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdama daane
noun sons
bookmarkdangada madua
adjective old person,adult
bookmarkdaubasa
a great many
bookmarkdaubeemala
verb a method of braiding flower headdressesor necklaces made from manu-mala
bookmarkdaula mada lau nui
noun a rope for tying palm fronds together to make a belubelu seine
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdenei laa ()
this is that (is this that)
bookmarkdoo ngaage
adjective south wind
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkduudae baa
the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook
bookmarkga aha
and then did what
bookmarkgahoo
verb wear
bookmarkgaini
noun any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhagaali
verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagadagodo gee ina
change
bookmarkhagadama
verb to treat as a child
bookmarkhagadibalia
verb cause to tip to one side
bookmarkhagadogoisi
verb reduce in number, make fewer
bookmarkhagahaunu
verb cause to drink alcoholic beverages
bookmarkhagamanavasaa
adjective risky,dangerous
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrepectful way
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhakolona
noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhale nnoa
noun prison,jail
bookmarkhedangisi
adjective to make noise by scraping things together (e.g., the grinding sound of jaws)
bookmarkhine sala daane
noun nymphomaniac
bookmarkhoa lalo
noun anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone
bookmarkholi
shape of, form of
bookmarkhoohanga
adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)
bookmarkhuga
noun fine threads or strands
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklanga
verb weave
bookmarklao
the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarkloma
adjective very calm, silent
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmaalava
the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmagakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmahole
adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalau
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanu dabeo
verb trees and shrubs which grow as weeds
bookmarkmanu-gadi-niho
noun
plantsp.
manu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmassagaila
verb incompletely cooked
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmuu-madavai
noun fishsp. (rare)
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarknoho hagamolomolo
adjective to sit by oneself (away from the main group)
bookmarkoho iho
adjective come ashore early in the morning
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarktahi-malama
noun January (’first month’)
bookmarkubu
kneecap; the shell of a coconut
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