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aha nei
let’s (now)
bookmarkahee oo dagodo
how are you
bookmarkbaanabu
noun
stone (from banaba
baieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbe aha naa huu
whatever; if ever
bookmarkboi dugidugi
noun idiot
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkbuulou
verb cover up (by wrapping up with one layer); to catch by scooping up (e.g., with a net or basket)
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagua-loa
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdai sagana iho goe
watchout
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdee hai gee
be tied (e.g., in a footrace)
bookmarkdelaa naa ()
that there will be it (will that be it)
bookmarkdenei huu
this is it still
bookmarkdengadenga
verb having many denga
bookmarkduilaa
verb to be unable to attract members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgadea
noun the side of the canoe away from the outrigger float
bookmarkgaha biigi
noun a rope for tying pigs
bookmarkgaha mea
adjective having orange coconuts (of a coconuttree)
bookmarkgasi
noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma
bookmarkgau
noun handle,appendage
bookmarkgau dahi
adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)
bookmarkgauligi hahine
noun female child,girl
bookmarkgemo
adjective fast, swift
bookmarkgide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgodi mai
adjective a certain type of manipulation inplaying with string figures
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgoloa hagadaahao
noun recreational equipment
bookmarkgoloa hai umu
noun implements and supplies needed in connection with use of the earth oven
bookmarkhagadalabaimanugadele
verb
hagadania
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagadege
verb cause to wiggle the hips once
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagahana iho
adjective recook for a little while
bookmarkhagaheohi
verb to correct (someone or something)
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagamou
verb include in a mou
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhagasehua
verb to make a total of 1000 coconuts
bookmarkhai daahili
verb to compose songs
bookmarkhale baalanga
noun frame house
bookmarkhale hagao me
store
bookmarkhano ai huu
forever
bookmarkhanu age
regain
bookmarkhonu de maasina
noun full moon
bookmarki mua nei
beforehand
bookmarkiho
adjective
get down, climb down; down
ivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkkano de langi
noun a blue and cloudless sky
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarklau kohu
adjective
growing well (of plants)
llao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarkllonga
verb muscle fatigue
bookmarklodo mmahi
adjective persistent,patient,persevering
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmagulu
adjective defeated
bookmarkmalele
adjective completed
bookmarkmalogu
verb <= ngalogu>
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
massagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarkngadi dangada
noun an ordinary person, commoner; a person of slight social value
bookmarkngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarknoho hagamaaiongi
adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkodomalie
adjective delicious (of coconut apples only)
bookmarksaagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarksaidule
verb wrapped up or covered up completely
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarkseevoivoi
adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarksomo
verb grow, develop; coconut apple
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarksua hadu umu
stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven
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