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ageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdali
verb wait for,along with
bookmarkdangada madua
adjective old person,adult
bookmarkdau laohie
verb dry season
bookmarkdauaadea
verb clear (with nothing in the way); unobstructed; cleared (of obstructions)
bookmarkdili dagidahi
happening continually but one at a time
bookmarkdinana donu
noun natural mother
bookmarkdoo ade
duulua
noun jack (fish sp); large alaala
bookmarkgai de baibu
smoke cigarettes
bookmarkgaiaa
verb steal, dishonest, cheat; to ask or accept too readily
bookmarkgaiaa dau bodu
commit adultery
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgapese
verb a method of pole fishing at night(on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgau mai moni
noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgoo
noun tarospade
bookmarkhaa leu
noun a leaf which has turned yellowish-brown
bookmarkhaangoda dua beau
noun a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadu-bunga
noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma
bookmarkhagaalo-uli
verb cause to be dark (of fully mature coconutmeat)
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagabaulia
verb figureout, determine
bookmarkhagadabena ange
prepare for
bookmarkhagadabena iho
verb prepare oneself, make oneself
bookmarkhagadamadama
verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)
bookmarkhagadeai
verb cause to become non-existent
bookmarkhagadubuna
verb treat as dubuna
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
verb make boxes
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagamaingaa
verb cause one to feel maingaa
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhai dago
verb ritual observances
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhai moni
adjective sailor
bookmarkhaigabungi
adjective act strangely, act shyly
bookmarkhakide
verb to reveal oneself to someone (of a ghost); to show (familiarize with)
bookmarkhakide gauligi
adjective spoil children
bookmarkhano de leebunga
run (of a color); fade (of a color)
bookmarkhanolia
verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencilurchin
bookmarkhholu
verb bend
bookmarkholau
canoe house
bookmarkhuaa me
noun a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
bookmarkinau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night
bookmarkkano siabo
noun the meat on the side of the fish’s head
bookmarklabodo-uli
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarklanga de ivi
a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklegia
noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)
bookmarkllahi
noun fishsp. (= small hagaudalolo)
bookmarklode
inside
bookmarklongohio
verb feel
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkloonaa
verb the sticking of food in the throat (which is cleared by washing it down with liquid)
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmahedua
sneeze
bookmarkmaile
noun plantsp.: maile-scentedfern(polypodium scolopendria burm. f.)
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)
bookmarkmanu aabi
noun kite
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkme
mee hai ada
camera
bookmarkmele
verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmanu
verb do (something)
bookmarkmoa
noun birdsp.
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmuia
verb be mui
bookmarknengenenge
ngadi laangi
noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarkobe
noun eye of the taro corm
bookmarkpaa de hoa
happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarkse aha au naa
you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree
bookmarksenga
crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarktamana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandfather
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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