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aahee laa
which were those
bookmarkaalo
verb come by paddling
bookmarkageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkala galigi
noun a method of mat making
bookmarkbaasanga tugi ange muna
talk back
bookmarkbao
noun room, compartment
bookmarkbau
adjective to be worth it
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbini daubeemala
verb a method of making flower headdresses
bookmarkbolengia
verb do something without reflection
bookmarkboo adu laa
day after tomorrow at night
bookmarkboo iho
adjective the following night
bookmarkdaa de hia
what time is it
bookmarkdaa hagasaalei
verb make a striped design in tatooing
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagodo be --
it seems that...
bookmarkdamaa me
adjective
small
dao hagaahulu
verb to leave an earth oven covered, even after the food is cooked
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdeai me hagalongolongo
do unhesitatingly
bookmarkdelaa maa
that there was about (approximately)
bookmarkdenei donu
this is it for sure
bookmarkdiinonga
adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdogaa ange
feel shy in the presence of
bookmarkdoolohi
verb chase,run after
bookmarkdua duiagi
noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)
bookmarkduu modu
vertical cut
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object(such as a mat)
bookmarkgaloi
gamai
adjective
bring to me, carry to me
giigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgoonanga
noun a record set by an individual (or team)
bookmarkguao
noun
the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore
haangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagadau vaasuu
adjective be attracted to or like each other(of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagaholau
verb banish from the island (in a canoe with no paddle or food)
bookmarkhagailaage
verb setfree
bookmarkhagammene dua
verb go backwards (esp. a canoe)
bookmarkhagasee
adjective
just barely;
hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhagatau
verb arrange (in order), a program; name one after another; refuse to do one’s part because of someone else’s actions
bookmarkhagausi
darkening of the sky or clouds (a sign of impending rain)
bookmarkhai daahili
adjective to compose songs
bookmarkhai daalanga
adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk animatedly
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai duu
verb to carry a baby about
bookmarkhai me galasi
to steal after having sort of asked for
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhatinga
noun crook of the knee or elbow
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhesilihagi gee
to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance
bookmarkhidi taelodo
adjective the weight (on a balance) used as a standard measurement
bookmarkhiie unu
verb thirsty, be
bookmarkhinangalomalie
adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world
bookmarkhuna
verb
hide
ivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkkaba
adjective do prematurely
bookmarkkano mouli
noun fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklanga de gauanga
to lift up the leg of an opponent in wrestling
langolango
inclined to throw one’s legs over those sleeping nearby (when sleeping)
bookmarklaulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklodo mao lunga
characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit
bookmarkloonaa
verb the sticking of food in the throat (which is cleared by washing it down with liquid)
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmaalava
verb the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmadania teu ngaloto
noun middle finger
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmaholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malo gulu
noun
barkcloth
mmahi i de gai
eat more than seems appropriate to one’s body size
bookmarkneveia
verb be neve
bookmarkngaage
downtown.
bookmarkngadoa
verb to have ngado
bookmarknoho maadai
adjective sit quietly
bookmarkoho
verb to do something, or go somewhere, early in the morning
bookmarkoho mai
come early
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmarksaabai moni doo
carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)
bookmarksauduu
mermaid
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarktili aalanga
exhausted (physically or mentally); discouraged; completely relaxed
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