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aausanga
noun way of leaving a wake
bookmarkaloha ina
helpful toward
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkbadai
adjective meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbalagula
adjective clumsy
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangulu
noun a part of a traditional loom
bookmarkbuni
adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)
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daia e tuaadai
seasick
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdamaa dae
adjective skillful at catching flying fish
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkde ia
the, thing, it
bookmarkdele de ada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkdiiloo
verb look after; look at attentively
bookmarkdoi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdoli iho
adjective to obtain the biggest first
bookmarkdongi ange
appoint
bookmarkdoo i hainga a me
wait for a long time (beyond the timeexpected)
bookmarkdoo me (ai)
verb make fun of, ridicule
bookmarkdoo tuugau
a dislocation of the tuugau
bookmarkdotodi
adjective limping (as an action)
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkgaa lava
and then
bookmarkgabou
noun fishsp.: scad
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgailalopoli
adjective stingy
bookmarkgalagala
noun spongesp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgano dea
noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgavia
crazy person; insane person,
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkgubu lima
noun hand,wrist
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaadugau
verb arrange things in a row or line
bookmarkhagabiiginga
noun way of making sticky
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadaula
verb to anchor
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagalaangaa
verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
bookmarkhagassoga
verb
hagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhagauea
verb a sleeping mat
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhedangisi
verb make a noise by scraping things together, e.g. the grinding sound of jaws
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhonu tai
adjective high tide
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaagii
noun decoration,ornamentation
bookmarklaagii baubau
noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)
bookmarklabua gee lodo
to have an upset stomach (being on the point of nausea)
bookmarklaelae (gee)
adjective look (funny)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarkllahi
adjective thin (pl.)
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarkmada-galisi
verb the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadangi
noun air
bookmarkmagano
adjective overripe (of pandanus only)
bookmarkmasalia
verb empty of water
bookmarkmmala dana (dagu) maanga
lose his (my) appetite
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarkngahui
noun
tens of coconuts
ngaue mai
to reduce (in price, etc.)
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
verb charlatan
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarkodea
noon, midday
bookmarkolo
noun beach
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarkpogo
verb crumpled up
bookmarksalu
verb scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkssabe
adjective leave,go away
bookmarksunu
an oil slick on the water’s surface
bookmarktangada hagaai
poor fellow!
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