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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkaboo nei
tonight (future)
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkanei loo
these (here) are the ones
bookmarkangia
verb blow away, cause to move (in the water)
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbae
verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)
bookmarkbasa maalie
adjective speak moderately
bookmarkbini daubeemala
verb a method of making flower headdresses
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkdagaanga
noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdahinga
noun way of shaving
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdalia-mea
noun mollusksp.: mitra mitra
bookmarkdama doo
noun a foetus which has been aborted
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdanu de bela
spade up taro plots, adding mulch
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkduaa dai
verb seasick but unable to throw up
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgalemu
unclassified
galoi
gano agau
reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgoli manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkgoloa hagadaahao
noun recreational equipment
bookmarkgu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkhadu de moana
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkhagabidoa
verb be the last
bookmarkhagadania
verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit
bookmarkhagaduu i luu goo
hagammahi
verb persevere, try hard to
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhai sseu
verb wasteful
bookmarkhale magi
noun hospital,dispensary
bookmarkhale nnoa
noun prison,jail
bookmarkhilo
verb mix; braid strands of sennit
bookmarkholia
verb to form (something); make (something)according to some model or plan
bookmarkhuaa bodu
noun family
bookmarkhugahuga
noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
bookmarkhuligee
turn away from, turn inside out (of clothes)
bookmarkkii age
move upward; reach a certain age
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklavasi
noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)
bookmarklodo mao lalo
characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit
bookmarkmaamaadolu
adjective becoming more and more maadolu
bookmarkmada-galisi
verb the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dahi
number eleven
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmaga ahi
noun glowing embers (without a flame)
bookmarkmagaahi
noun embers
bookmarkmahuge, huge
open
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkmiili
adjective
a type of game
moaga
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmoni
noun canoe
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarkngadi daumaha
adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults
bookmarkngadi duu
naked
bookmarkngalo
verb forget
bookmarkngalue de hakii
dislocated larynx
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarkngudu aahua
islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarkpaa i daalinga
move in closely (of birds) to daalinga
bookmarksaalingaa nui
noun the rainwater which flows down a bent coconut tree (collected for drinking)
bookmarksavini
verb run
bookmarkse aha
what is it
bookmarksobo
adjective rise up (as the sun), get up, jump up
bookmarksomo dae
noun fully mature coconutapple
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
bookmarkugu
rub (with pressure, as with sandpaper); the skin of the stingray used for sanding
bookmarkvalaai hagasili lodo
a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion
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