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aahulu
verb to leave food cooking overnight
bookmarkaalo dahi
verb do at one time
bookmarkaamua
adjective high-ranking
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkama
noun outrigger float
bookmarkanga dogi
noun mollusk sp., Cerithiidae
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbae mamu
noun fish weir
bookmarkbagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkboo hagadanu malama
the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain
bookmarkdaaloa
verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdagidogoisi
adjective very few for each one
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdalahalu
noun plantsp.: treesp. (allophylustimorensis (dc.) bl.)
bookmarkdama naale
noun a talkative, deceitful person
bookmarkdamaa hungi
adjective skillful at hungi
bookmarkdangi a beini
to have smelled ripe pandanus
bookmarkdangi talinga
adjective
tinnitus, a ringing sound in the ear
danuaa ange
goodfor, better than
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdaumaha haangoda
noun
prayer service held while visiting others’ houses
denei muhuu
how about this one
bookmarkdiinonga-o-salo
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdoe
adjective leftover, remain
bookmarkdolona
verb flooded, washedout
bookmarkdolu llau
number three hundred
bookmarkdoo ai me
<= doo me ai>
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkga vaa laa dangada
oh dear (that’s not good)
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
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hagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a placefor their nesting
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagaodea
verb the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagasegelia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagatolongia
verb slack off completely on (a rope)
bookmarkhai ngaohie
adjective easy
bookmarkhano i luu moana
die (a person)
bookmarkhhou
insist upon
bookmarkhobulaa
adjective a sound uttered esp. when liftingsomething
bookmarkholo gumi
adjective
hulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkhuugaabungubungu
very plump
bookmarki de baasi
concerning; at the behest of;under the auspices of
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
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llago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklugu
verb take or obtain something by force
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmada nnui
adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)
bookmarkmada-givi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmadaa gamu
noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai
bookmarkmadalua maa ono
number twenty six
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmaingaa
adjective miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmanu aabi
noun kite
bookmarkme hanga dalogo
ingredients of dalogo
bookmarkmeemouli
noun living thing
bookmarkmmene
adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
noun the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkolongaa
noun plantsp.: treesp.: a shrubbytree sp. (pipturus argenteus (forst.f.) wedd.)
bookmarksaalinga
noun street; road
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarkseni magau
adjective sleep soundly (owing to exhaustion)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkssabe age
eat
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
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