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ahe age
start again, reoccur
bookmarkahu
noun islet
bookmarkatangada
noun generation, age set
bookmarkbaalasa
verb
ballast for an outrigger
badabaatai
adjective
bagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbeaha
adjective to be in a serious condition, critically ill or injured
bookmarkbonabona age lodo
feel fearful
bookmarkbunei
noun fish sp.: batfish
bookmarkdaamada age
adjective start again
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdama de gaehala
noun a raincloud (dropping its rain) seen in the distance
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdangada duaagau
adjective an avid fisherman
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdele de longo
spread news or rumors
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdilo
verb look at (inspect)
bookmarkdoo me
verb plant things
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of the canoe mast
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkgano dea
the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgau
verb lymphnodes (enlarged)
bookmarkgauanga mahagi
noun dislocated thighbone
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkgoloa baalanga
noun metal-working tools
bookmarkgoo
noun taro spade
bookmarkhaa-laangi
time noun
thursday
hagaau aloha
adjective poor (not rich)
bookmarkhagaava
verb make a channel
bookmarkhagabaangoa
verb causing prostration
bookmarkhagabulumau
adjective watch your step climbing
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadalea
verb
make someone tired
hagadanuaa
verb make good, lead a good life
bookmarkhagadeeai
verb refuse to
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagapigi saele
adjective go around with someone constantly
bookmarkhagasenga
verb fool (someone),deceive,trick (someone)
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhagatangohi
verb the fading of light after sunset
bookmarkhie unu
thirsty
bookmarkhilo
verb mix; braid strands of sennit
bookmarkhulu manu
noun feathers
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarklodo daemaha
adjective feel unhappy or sad
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmada luu mada
noun in the presence of someone
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmaga tau hoe
to paddle (a canoe) vigorously
bookmarkmala
bald
bookmarkmaseu
adjective to scatter (when in a group)
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmoebili
adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime
bookmarkmoni hai gubenga
noun a canoe rigged for gubenga fishing
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkni aha
what are these
bookmarkoda
verb eat (something) raw
bookmarkodomalie
adjective delicious (of coconut apples only)
bookmarkohua
verb characterized by having ohu
bookmarkolaa
a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkolo
noun an area in which sand has accumulated;beach, sandspit
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
saabudu
noun fishsp. (= large saagahinoa)
bookmarksaava
verb skinny,thin (lacking in flesh)
bookmarksagana
verb watch carefully, keep an eye on
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarkseni
adjective sleep
bookmarksoa hagaaloha
noun a good friend
bookmarkuadanga
an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship
bookmarkvasu
timid, shy
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