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aha goi
what next
bookmarkalaange
adjective allowed to, permissible
bookmarkbaageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbalu moso
adjective constant movement of the hands and feet, as when struggling (resembling the movements of a young starling)
bookmarkbasa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
daaia
verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely
bookmarkdaamadaa-sele
noun insectsp.: waterbug
bookmarkdaane ssili dala
special one,important one
bookmarkdaelodo gi lunga
a large number of
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdagisoa
adjective many (people) at each (time or place, etc.)
bookmarkdagoobala
verb fall on something and smash it
bookmarkdagu hahine
my "daughter" or "mother" (not one’s natural mother)
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdai sagana iho goe
watchout
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdenei laa ()
this is that (is this that)
bookmarkdili dai
adjective any current flowing away from the atoll
bookmarkdinae o de laa
ballooning of a sail
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkdoo ngaiho
adjective the blowing of the wind from the north
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
adjective bad-mannered
bookmarkdua alohagi
noun fishingline of a size appropriate fortrolling
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkdulagi sala
adjective bad situation; presenting a poor appearance (esp. when ill)
bookmarkgaa, ula
verb burn (intransitive)
bookmarkgaadinga lamallie
noun a coconut with an unusually large-sized kernel
bookmarkgabetili
parent-in-law
bookmarkgahaalava
adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkganabu
noun the base of a coconut tree trunk
bookmarkgau
noun grouping (of people)
bookmarkgava uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgemo
adjective fast, swift
bookmarkgili dalo
hillock
bookmarkgu gide huu
spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkhadu-i-de-ssala
noun
coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral
hagadai
verb furnish salt to
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagatevelia
verb cause to bristle
bookmarkhala goobai
noun a wooden form used in making hats
bookmarkhesilihagi
verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkhoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
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)
bookmarkigauli
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
bookmarkilihia ssave
the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkkoli
verb scrape off (with one’s finger), scratch up
bookmarklanga
verb lift, raise up; copy out (by hand); ship from one place to another
bookmarklau tulugi
a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaadau gina
noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
madagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmagi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmagulu
adjective defeated
bookmarkmahole
adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)
bookmarkmalo gulu
noun
barkcloth
mangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkmanugia
adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmoe danuaa
die in piece
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarknohu
noun fishsp.: stone-fish
bookmarknooligi
a small knife
bookmarkoga
verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick
bookmarkogo
noun the attachment of a clam to the reef
bookmarksaahea
adjective be caught (esp. fish) and secured
bookmarksagea gee
extremely sagea
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarksavini dua
adjective run backwards, move backwards fast
bookmarksebugi
numeral billions
bookmarksiili
noun a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksua hadu umu
stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven
bookmarkvasega
apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)
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