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aahee loo
when (distant future)
bookmarkaalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkaamuli
noun descendants (in all inferior generations)
bookmarkaausa ina
a sea condition resembling that resulting from a ship leaving a wake
bookmarkadu ange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkadugau
verb arrangement of things into a straight row
bookmarkaliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkangeange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkbabu daaea
noun fish sp., snapper
bookmarkboo ga dae laa
my goodness
bookmarkbula
adjective a flash (e.g., of light); a quick glance; to light (a torch)
bookmarkdaane gasia
noun a person who is useful to others
bookmarkdaga
verb go from one place to another in a group
bookmarkdagabuli
verb gather together in a group
bookmarkdagai
adjective move jerkily, flail (one’s legs), flounder about
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine (extending from a fish, etc.)
bookmarkdale pilo
verb a game (like tag), to leave something unfinished after having tried only slightly
bookmarkdama gaiaa
adjective
to hangaround someone’s house in theexpectation of being served food
dangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdangi hagaeaea
adjective wail (when crying)
bookmarkdee dolia
verb impossible to find the equal of(dehors concours)
bookmarkdenei huu
this is it still
bookmarkdenga meelaa
those ones over there (plural)
bookmarkdiidegaehala
noun the sixth child of a couple
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdodi
adjective have a limp (physical condition)
bookmarkdohu
adjective sufficient, enough; able to cover agiven area
bookmarkea age
stop swimming (and come up on land)
bookmarkgaadu
verb give (colloquial)
bookmarkgabaea
to hang oneself
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgasi
noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgoinga o tai
noun high-watermark
bookmarkgoso
adjective bothered, annoyed
bookmarkgulu koi
noun a type of prepared food (breadfruit which has been cooked over hot coals with the skin on)
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhaaina dangada
adjective stare at people indiscreetly (esp.strangers)
bookmarkhada
noun
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse
hagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadalabaimanugadele
verb
hagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagapago sala
adjective unfortunate result
bookmarkhagasaa
adjective quarrel (like children)
bookmarkhagasaaloa
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasomo de alelo
stickout one’s tongue
bookmarkhai de ingoo
make a good name for oneself (by one’singratiating behavior)
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhanu ange
some more
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhidu-laangi
time noun sunday (’seventh day’)
bookmarkhonoa
verb patched
bookmarkhua i gadea
the side of the main body of the canoe away from the outrigger float
bookmarkhulu manu
noun feathers
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship)
bookmarkkoi
verb scrape (a single act), scraper
bookmarklaagau hagadauaadea
noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklala
verb to roast
bookmarklangi maakau
the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklava i de goloa
having many goloa
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklodo degi
adjective having a forgiving nature
bookmarkluei
verb spit out (esp. food)
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkma ai
and who
bookmarkma gi
in order to
bookmarkmaatogo
verb discourage someone (verbally)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dolu
number thirteen
bookmarkmagalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmai moni
a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkmanu solo laagau
file (for filing wood)
bookmarkmmano
adjective thousands
bookmarkmoe dige
adjective to roll away from one’s bedding while sleeping (on the floor)
bookmarkmogo
noun shoot from a sprouting coconut
bookmarkngadoa
verb to have ngado
bookmarkngalue age
increased,augmented
bookmarknoodanga
noun bundle, knot; a set of 12 differentfishing lures
bookmarkodi ai loo
that’s the end! that’s all!
bookmarkoha
verb break, break up, destroy;damage, ruin
bookmarksalua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarkse aha ga hai
it’s not possibledon’t worry about it (i don’t think so.)
bookmarktamana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandfather
bookmarkvaiduu
lazy
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