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aausa
verb wake (of a ship)
bookmarkabo manu
adjective to correct someone without justification
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkaha
verb what
bookmarkalohi vae
noun sole (of foot)
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
badodi gee
to jerk violently
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbigi lima
adjective hold hands
bookmarkbiigonga
noun a curve, way of being bent
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
buu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdabanimeeli
adjective payment for medical treatment
bookmarkdala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdalabaimanugadele
adjective sharp (as a knife)
bookmarkdama iai
noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdamadanga
noun origin, source
bookmarkdau manu
verb flock of birds (feeding on a school of fish)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdele de mahaa
starting to crack
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdenei naa ()
this will be it. (will this be it)
bookmarkdugu de gubenga
set a gubenga net
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkga vaa laa dangada
oh dear (that’s not good)
bookmarkgabaea
to hang oneself
bookmarkgadoi
verb
a type of coconut with an edible husk
gelu haiusu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgoe iloo
it’s up to you
bookmarkgolee bukaliaa
goloa labagau
noun carpenter’s tools
bookmarkhadu-maadau
noun
coralsp.
hagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabuulei
verb put a ring on (someone)
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagadili
verb produce offspring
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrespectful way
bookmarkhagannagi
verb lean against
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhakino gee
filthy,disgusting
bookmarkhale suunugi
noun
a house with eaves touching the ground
hegai
adjective eat ravenously
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhhanga de ngudu
open one’s mouth
bookmarkhhoa de lae
to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhoa
noun side (of humans), below the hips
bookmarkhoe
noun a canoepaddle
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkhoo senga
adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed
bookmarkhooia donu huu
at the best possible time or place
bookmarkkii iho
adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)
bookmarkkolu de henua
pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)
bookmarklaangihagamouli
time noun saturday (the day on which food isprepared for sunday)
bookmarklaomalie
adjective big
bookmarklau-gadaha
noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarkllou
hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarklodo malangilangi
adjective happy
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmaadau dagi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmada nuui
adjective dark green in color
bookmarkmada tea gee
white as a sheet (of a person)
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmadumadua
maga de hoe
to paddle vigorously
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmasaala
verb clear-headed
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkmilo
noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)
bookmarkmoebili
adjective to long for another’s presence at bedtime
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkngu te
ogo
noun purlin
bookmarkpilo
adjective stink
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarkubu
kneecap; the shell of a coconut
bookmarkvakaa
be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation
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