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adamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkadu laa
after tomorrow, the one after the next one
bookmarkalahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkbaalanga tea
noun stainless steel
bookmarkbaalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbuliaamo
adjective sad
bookmarkdaa gee taahili
sing off-key
bookmarkdaa hagasaalei
verb make a striped design in tatooing
bookmarkdaalo
verb stab,skewer
bookmarkdae de lodo
be satisfied completely
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdagu age
say out loud
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdao o de nui
(topmost) roof support poles, wall plates(from the size of which one can estimate the maturity of those below)
bookmarkdaohi i tua
learn by heart
bookmarkdau age de inai
be in the lee of the atoll while fishing (i.e., in a place protected from the wind)
bookmarkdau namu
noun mosquitonet
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdee masae de leo
lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdili dagidahi age
release one at a time or intermittently or sporadically
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdoonga a lima
one’s own tools, or tools with which one is familiar
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of a canoe mast
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgalo
noun fishsp.: goatfish (= small vede)
bookmarkgasigi
noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
gelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkgide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagabuu ange
blame (someone), incriminate (someone)
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagailangi-bangi
noun a type of prepared food (bangi soaked in coconut milk)
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagammene dua
verb go backwards (esp. a canoe)
bookmarkhagamou
verb include in a mou
bookmarkhagaodea
verb the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhaonga i ode
noun urethra
bookmarkhenua gelegele
atoll.
bookmarkhhali lo te laagau
a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkkii ange
increase
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklibi
verb do rapidly (esp. a repeated action done energetically)
bookmarklodo llidi
adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarklodo mmahi
adjective persistent,patient,persevering
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
maava age
belch
bookmarkmada tea gee
white as a sheet (of a person)
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmagi haahine
adjective menstruation
bookmarkmahana age
heartburn <>
bookmarkmahola
adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalu
verb shade (under trees); lee (of wind)
bookmarkmalu gohu
adjective becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)
bookmarkmasa boo
adjective mornings following nights during which the tide has gone out (which are good for looking for fish trapped on the reef)
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkoo tanga
adjective too big (clothes), spacious
bookmarksaidule
verb wrapped up or covered up completely
bookmarksavali
verb hungry
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarksiilinga a muna
trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksili
adjective drawing to an end
bookmarktangada aduhale
the sort of person who feels at home everywhere and is continually visiting (considered uncouth)
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarktiimaa
noun ship
bookmarktino
noun piece; share
bookmarkubu
noun cup
bookmark
ubu loada
a coconut shell used for expectoration
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