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adu
alaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkalamooi
noun june
bookmarkalohaai
verb love intensely
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkau hagi
verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef
bookmarkbaageaa iho
adjective weakening (becoming weaker)
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
bangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkboli
verb take special care of
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdamaa-manu
noun birdsp.: sharp-tailedsandpiper(erolia acuminata)
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdoo lalo
verb unsuccessful
bookmarkduliduli
verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises
bookmarkduu dalo
noun piece of soft taro
bookmarkduu mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkgaaui
verb take (someone) along (with one) (esp.carrying, etc.)
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgalasi
galo gila
goatfish
bookmarkgamua
verb covered with gamu
bookmarkgida ma gida
each individual...
bookmarkgili maalama
verb light-skinned
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhadu-uli
noun coralsp.: bluecoral
bookmarkhagabaagava
verb to threaten violence
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadibalia
verb cause to tip to one side
bookmarkhagadili
verb produce offspring
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagamaasei ange
make smaller (away from one)
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhale hagao me
store
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhidi bido dane
slow-moving or slow-working person
bookmarkholasa
a type of mat [made especially for cult houses]
bookmarkhudi
noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree
bookmarkhulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkii iho
adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)
bookmarklaangai buusagi
noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklodo gaiaa
competitive, envious, desious of retaliating
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarkloimada
noun tears
bookmarklongaa
adjective annoyed by noise
bookmarklongo
adjective hear, feel; news
bookmarkluuluu haha
adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmaalava
the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmalau
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkmanu hao vai
noun a bottle (of glass)
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
pigeon
masavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkme hagasahu vai
gutter (under the eaves of a house)
bookmarkngudu leidi
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarknnadu
verb to receive a shock (as when hit, or by an explosion)
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksaaliba
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarksai moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarksali ssaavale
verb salivate
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
bookmarktoo gee
clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)
bookmarktugilima
noun elbow
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
bookmarkuuvae
feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth
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