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adu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkbaalau
adjective sticky, greasy
bookmarkbaani
adjective lie down
bookmarkbalu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkboaa
verb be caught in a storm
bookmarkboi
adjective
abnormal
buugani
adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)
bookmarkdaaia
verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely
bookmarkdaavalo
adjective make a great deal of noise (vocal)
bookmarkdaba de ganomada
instantaneous, in the blinking of an eye
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdahi i daho dangada
very popular
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdama iai
noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy
bookmarkdau i tua
memorize
bookmarkdee adahaia
very; very bad
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdelaa ai loo
that was it at last
bookmarkdenaa huu
that is it still
bookmarkdenaa muhuu
how about that one
bookmarkdili uda
adjective an ocean current which comes towards the shore (and carries in driftwood, etc.)
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdoloinui
adjective
a hard lump inside a female’s stomach
doo tuugau
a dislocation of the tuugau
bookmarkdumuagi
noun top of the head, bare hilltop
bookmarkduu de umada
noun a rainbow appearing in the sky
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarke hia
how many
bookmarkgaha uli
adjective having brown (ripe) coconuts (of a coconut tree)
bookmarkgave ua podo
goononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkgumigumi-o-sogo
noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)
bookmarkhaangodalia
verb a suitable (place) for fishing
bookmarkhadu mangeo
noun cushion starfish
bookmarkhagaai
adjective be in a serious situation
bookmarkhagaaloha
adjective piteous,pitiful
bookmarkhagabigobigo
verb wiggle
bookmarkhagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadaemaha
verb put weight on, make unhappy
bookmarkhagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.
bookmarkhagamao lunga
verb arrogant,haughty,overbearing,proud
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhai ange
do to; do for, fix; say to
bookmarkhale hai niho
dentist’s office
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhelau
verb sorcery
bookmarkhidu laangi
noun Sunday
bookmarkhua-ala
noun flower
bookmarkihoiholia
verb useful for climbing down repeatedly
bookmarklaalaa
verb having many branches
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarkloomosi
verb kill someone by holding him under the water until he is drowned
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkluu ogu
pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmadaala
adjective able to remain awake for a long time
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmagi dabeo
verb menstruation
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmahola gimoo
adjective to have many dead animals (or fish) lying about
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanavasaa
adjective scared; afraid
bookmarkmanogo
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkmanu hale moni
noun a pottery bottle or jar
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkmassaa (ina)
verb despised by others
bookmarkmasulu de maasina
"a person has died."
bookmarkmmanu
verb do (something)
bookmarkmougu
noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.
bookmarkoho
verb to do something, or go somewhere, early in the morning
bookmarkpaa i daalinga
move in closely (of birds) to daalinga
bookmarkpala de langi
verb rain
bookmarksai moni
a fleet of canoes
bookmarksao gainga
sweep or clean up trash
bookmarksavali
verb hungry
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
ssahu
adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)
bookmarkssave
flying fish
bookmarkssoi
to foretell a death by words or actions (which cause death)
bookmarkuubiho
head-first presentation of a fetus at birth
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