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abo sala
adjective mean (by nature), unkind
bookmarkagilau gee
extremely pugnacious
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkboibala
adjective watery (of prepared food)
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdaabeduge mai
bring a lot of
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdae de ua
have a good time
bookmarkdahea iho
adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdai deeai donu
almost none at all
bookmarkdala hhua
verb eruptions on the skin (e.g., hives, insectbites, etc.)
bookmarkdangi buada
adjective the noise made by a fast-moving projectile
bookmarkdao malui
noun a spear with a hinged barb
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkde aha
which is it
bookmarkdiidegaehala
noun the sixth child of a couple
bookmarkdoo ai me
<= doo me ai>
bookmarkdua gaahanga
noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)
bookmarkdudu de niho
a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkduulanga
noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgoloa hesuihagi
noun goods which are bartered
bookmarkguani
noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadabena iho
verb prepare oneself, make oneself
bookmarkhagadama
verb to treat as a child
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagasoe ange
aim at
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhakiia
verb move (something) away completely
bookmarkhale o de henua
community meeting house
bookmarkhenuu
noun placenta
bookmarkhhoa de lae
to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkhoea
verb covered with sunburn blisters
bookmarkhonu de maasina
noun full moon
bookmarkhua
verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
double-edged
bookmarkkona odi
too much
bookmarklaagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklanga de gubenga
to pull up a gubenga to store it away
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklaussoe
adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)
bookmarkmaanuga
verb a wound1 or large sore (on the body)
bookmarkmada gapua
noun lagoonward part of a gapua
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalau
adjective free from (esp. hardship or illnessafter having had it)
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmanu ea
noun coralhead (at or broaching the surface of the water)
bookmarkmanu-a-luga
noun insectsp.: fruitfly
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmidia ange
dream about
bookmarkmoigaga
noun fibers of the coconut husk
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngadolia
verb to have ngado
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkngaungau-ulu
noun
niigoi
verb wind around (of a rope, etc.)
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarknngahu
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknngao dalinga
adjective hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarknoho moso
able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)
bookmarkoha de ganomada
to work on a craft item (e.g., a canoe) with a model in mind of the finished product which is different from that of the person who began the work
bookmarksao gainga
sweep or clean up trash
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarksaudia
verb be exposed to the wind (not sheltered)
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tainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
bookmarkuubiho
head-first presentation of a fetus at birth
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
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