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baa hagasalau
adjective make contact with while not aligned
bookmarkbaani
adjective lie down
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbuu
adjective be greasy
bookmarkdaa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaa (dau)
chanting (of old chants)
bookmarkdaaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdaaligi
verb do something seriously; be moved about; a jerky movement, caused by the wind (e.g., the flapping of a sail); work seriously
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdala-moana
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdao o de nui
(topmost) roof support poles, wall plates(from the size of which one can estimate the maturity of those below)
bookmarkdee dau ia
it’s ok
bookmarkdee heloongoi
adjective misunderstand one another; mismated (not matched properly); not fit; not able to get along with
bookmarkdee masae de leo
lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)
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)
bookmarkdenaa laa ()
that is it there (is that it there)
bookmarkdii ange
a method of fishing in which the lure at the end of the pole is jerked to attract fish
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdoopeva
verb trick, prank
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarkduulua
noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)
bookmarkege ange
move (something) over
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
bookmarkgalani
adjective
almost finished, nearly finished;
ganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgau mai vaga
noun <= gau mai moni>
bookmarkgolee bugaliaa
goloa labagau
noun carpenter’s tools
bookmarkguuduma
noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)
bookmarkhaa daha
noun the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
haahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaamua
verb accord honor to
bookmarkhagadanu
verb sink below the horizon, burrow into the sand
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagaheiangi
verb act smart (openly)
bookmarkhagaono (ina)
verb make a total of six
bookmarkhagassoe
verb straighten out; decide an issue (byhigher authority)
bookmarkhai de biho
verb act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhala dudu
a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)
bookmarkhano gee
go away
hano saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhhole
verb peel (something)
bookmarkhohhoo
adjective a sound made when surprised
bookmarkhuaalavao
a strong wind
bookmarki mua nei
beforehand
bookmarkise
noun fishsp.: halfbeak
bookmarkivi de biho
noun skull
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkloonaa
verb the sticking of food in the throat (which is cleared by washing it down with liquid)
bookmarkmalau
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkmalo gulu
noun
barkcloth
malua
noun vagina
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu aabi
kite
bookmarkmanu aabi
noun kite
bookmarkmanugia
adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water
bookmarkmatili
adjective come up quickly (like fast-sproutingplants or a quickly erupting skin disease)
bookmarkme mmilo
current (in the sea)
bookmarkmesde-gelee
noun mollusksp.: oliveshell <"mr. grey">
bookmarkmmule
adjective slow,late
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmulegi
verb showoff (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarknao gasi
verb eat messily (by poking at all of thefood instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)
bookmarkpoo
adjective grab or catch in a single act
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksau makaga de madangi
the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction
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