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aamuli
noun descendants (in all inferior generations)
bookmarkanga gi lodo
adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle
bookmarkbadai gee
extremely meddlesome
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdangada madua
adjective old person,adult
bookmarkdau duadae
be a sucker, be fooled easily
bookmarkdili aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkduosi
adjective servant
bookmarkduu mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkduudane
noun buttock
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkduulua
noun jack (fish sp); large alaala
bookmarkga dae laa huu
very, too much
bookmarkgai ngaadahi
adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population
bookmarkgali
verb wound around; tied or fastenedtightly
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkgaolama
noun spine of the coconut palm
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgi hanu donu huu
any kind whatsoever
bookmarkgiado madua
noun main outrigger booms
bookmarkgubenga
noun large net for fishing
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhagabaagava
verb to threaten violence
bookmarkhagabuni de henua
to call an all-island meeting
bookmarkhagahaibodu
verb wedding; perform a wedding
bookmarkhagalodo
verb to stimulate a desire for
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagamao lalo
verb humble,modest
bookmarkhagasoa
verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber
bookmarkhakii gee
<= kii gee>
bookmarkhalehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhhadi iho luu vae
take a short break (in work involvingstanding)
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkhoolu
noun prow (bottom part)
bookmarkhuaadangada
noun persons of a certain class or type
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkiga
noun fish (archaic, except in compounds)
bookmarkino
adjective bow or nod or genuflect (as a sign of respect)
bookmarkkave gi de mahi
obtain by force
bookmarkkini
verb pick at one time,pinch at one time
bookmarklangaa lodo
adjective a sudden access of emotion
bookmarklaosedi
noun seawater
bookmarklau de madila
a tuna of fair size
bookmarklaussoe
adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)
bookmarkloiho
adjective
go or come down (or toward the lagoon)
ma ai
and who
bookmarkma gi
in order to
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmadamataia
verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanogo
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkmanugia
adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkmasulu de maasina
"a person has died."
bookmarkme tao
dye
bookmarkme tao
noun dye
bookmarkmmano
noun thousands
bookmarkmmilosanga
noun a confluence of currents (from below the surface of the sea)
bookmarkngae
noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.
bookmarkngaue
adjective move (oneself), moved
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarkoohia
verb (for a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e., the tide not being so low that it is too shallow)
bookmarkpilo
adjective stink
bookmarksau
noun
saunoa
intensifier very
bookmarkseaamonga
noun a unit of (twenty) coconuts for makinghuaahuu
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarkssae aalanga
adjective sore in the muscles
bookmarkssahu
adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)
bookmarkssuugulu
noun school
bookmarktugilima
noun elbow
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
bookmarkvelo de hagasii
a type of game
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