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abi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkaloha ina
helpful toward
bookmarkanga iho
noun self-awareness
bookmarkbaa i de madangi
be hit (usually forcefully) by wind
bookmarkbagia
verb be hit (by wind, bullet, spear, etc.)
bookmarkbaoa
verb wash up on shore
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdamaa dogi
adjective skillful in the use of an adze
bookmarkdangau-laha
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdango de langi
downpour (of rain)
bookmarkdatane-uli
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally apportioned
bookmarkdauleelage
noun fishsp.: blenny
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdelaa huu
that was it just as before
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdelaa sili
that there is enough
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdogoduli
adjective crouch on all fours
bookmarkduguagi
verb be suspicious of (someone)
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduu-uli
noun sea cucumber species
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaha
noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained
bookmarkgai aha
and then what
bookmarkgamalie
adjective do attentively
bookmarkgapese
verb a method of pole fishing at night(on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgili hano
verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk
bookmarkgima
noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgoloa o de hine
female genitalia
bookmarkgoosuu
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaava
verb relieve
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagailangi-bangi
noun a type of prepared food (bangi soaked in coconut milk)
bookmarkhagallogo
verb chant (in the old religious ceremony)
bookmarkhagamoolau
verb hurry,rush
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhagasau madangi
verb to be exposed to the wind
bookmarkhagi
verb pick (fruit) by grabbing and twisting off
bookmarkhai
verb do
bookmarkhai dagelo
adjective deep-bottomed
bookmarkhai gauligi
each child is somewhat different
bookmarkhailu
verb wipe oneself (after defecating)
bookmarkhakii gee
<= kii gee>
bookmarkhale baalanga
noun frame house
bookmarkhidu-limu
time noun the seventh number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhodu
adjective sighted, appear
bookmarkhuaa me
a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
bookmarkhulo saele
wander around
bookmarkiai
adjective be (present),have,there is...
bookmarkiloo me
charlatanism
bookmarklava sili
adjective good enough; stop
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkmaanu
adjective to float in place (not drifting) on the surface of the water (with no anchor)
bookmarkmaava
adjective yawn,belch
bookmarkmadaala
adjective able to remain awake for a long time
bookmarkmadalua maa dolu
number twenty three
bookmarkmagi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmalaangahu
noun feast held for a newly launched canoe
bookmarkmalo lau manu
cloth with a flowered pattern
bookmarkmau ange huu
usually
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarkpaa de hoa
happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksebaga
numeral tens of billions
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarksou
verb a gust of wind
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