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baabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaabaoa
verb wash up on shore continually; ghost (children’s language)
bookmarkbabaiangi
verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbalagula
adjective clumsy
bookmarkbili makaga
love
bookmarkboda
verb straggly (hair or feathers)
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkbopobo
adjective deteriorated
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdangii
noun fishsp. (= small valu)
bookmarkdao huge
verb to open an earth oven as soon as the food is cooked
bookmarkdauagi
verb dry in the sun
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdogo duu
verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe
bookmarkdua haangoda de boo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate forhaangoda de boo
bookmarkdua saali
noun one of the lines of which saaliis composed
bookmarkduu gaha
noun a large piece of gaha (used for mili gaadinga), or from which sennit fibers are obtained)
bookmarkea
adjective to surface (while swimming); to be on the surface of the water; stop swimming
bookmarkga-hudi
noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree; banana (fruit)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgili dama
verb soft-skinned
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkgima
noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkgolomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkhaau
verb suckle (at the breast)
bookmarkhadi haho
adjective steep (inclination)
bookmarkhagaai
adjective be in a serious situation
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagalegunga
adjective showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagamaingaa
verb cause one to feel maingaa
bookmarkhagasegelia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagatanu iho
verb take a nap
bookmarkhagateve
verb bristle, ready for a fight (of animals)
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai madangi
verb to fart
bookmarkhano goe
see what i told you
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkheiloo
adjective know each other,understand each other
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhua bugaliaa
huadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkhulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkkai, dalanga
story
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarklangona
adjective heard,felt
bookmarklau manu
noun leaf of a plant
bookmarklilo bule
adjective covered up completely
bookmarkllava
finished (pl.); wealthy (pl.); wrap (independent form); meat or fish (for a meal)
bookmarklligi
adjective
fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small
maanegabo
adjective energetic
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madadaagodo
adjective gradual slope or inclination
bookmarkmagi kino
adjective loss of appetite
bookmarkmalau age
free of hardship (after having had it)
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in direction),reversed,transposed
bookmarkmanava i lunga
me hagaahulu
prepared food
bookmarkme hagaahulu
noun prepared food
bookmarkme holu
noun bow
bookmarkmee mmala
noun gallbladder
bookmarkmidia ange
dream about
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkngadi hai bodu
common-law marriage, concubinage
bookmarkngadi hanonga
noun a useless journey
bookmarknoodanga
noun bundle, knot; a set of 12 differentfishing lures
bookmarknooligi
noun a small knife
bookmarkoo tanga
adjective too big (clothes), spacious
bookmarkpono age de manava
be unable to breathe
bookmarkpuli
verb grab up all at once
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
puugunga
noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances
bookmarksaava
skinny, thin (lacking in flesh)
bookmarksagulaa-saamono
noun fishsp.
bookmarksili gee
stand out from (others in a group) in distane or height
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uadanga
an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship
bookmarkvalea
moldy; to have been in place for a long time
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