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adilo
noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire
bookmarkalaa ai loo
those there then are
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkanei maa
these were about (approximately)
bookmarkangi
verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)
bookmarkao age
daybreak (become daylight)
bookmarkbadodi gee
to jerk violently
bookmarkbala
adjective soft, mushy, offering no resistance
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkboaanga
noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaa de masavaa
time’s up it is time for...
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdaelodo
noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu
bookmarkdagisoa
adjective many (people) at each (time or place, etc.)
bookmarkdangage
verb raise one’s head up or back
bookmarkdau hoohanga
verb the season during which birds lay eggs
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdenei naa loo
this seems to be
bookmarkdoo lalo
verb unsuccessful
bookmarkduage
verb stand
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkganae-oo
noun fishsp.: threadfin
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgea
noun hawksbillturtle
bookmarkhaahaa
verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative
bookmarkhada
hadu me llanga
lay out plaited work
bookmarkhagaalukaba
verb cause to leave quickly, force out
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hagaduu i luu goo
hagaduugau
verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagapago sala
unfortunate result
bookmarkhagapogo
verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up
bookmarkhagasogoisi
verb
hagavalu (ina)
verb make a total of eight
bookmarkhai aoa ina
verb bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkhai damana
adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)
bookmarkhai gaavenga
verb restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai me madua
act grown up
bookmarkhai moni
adjective sailor
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhanu ange
some more
bookmarkheiloo
adjective know each other,understand each other
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhenuu
noun placenta
bookmarkhhedu
verb fold up (several folds), roll up
bookmarkhua gulu
noun breadfruit (singular)
bookmarkhuaalanga
noun a type of coconuttree
bookmarkiai maalie
adjective just about right
bookmarkinau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
noun pelvicbone
bookmarkkano de langi
noun a blue and cloudless sky
bookmarkkava
adjective to feel uncomfortably warm
bookmarkkolu de henua
pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)
bookmarklimadi
verb do fast or quickly
bookmarkloadu
adjective
go (toward the hearer)
maamasa
adjective
madaanga hulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmadania teu ngaloto
noun middle finger
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmamu-honga-dai
noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)
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manuhi
adjective hemorrhage
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkme dili dai
any current which flows away from the atoll
bookmarkmogo
noun coconutapple (young and edible)
bookmarkmuli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarknabe
verb to hook under the waistband or belt
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarknohoa
verb occupied
bookmarkoa
gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkobe
noun eye of the taro corm
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
sagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksiga
verb
to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool
ua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
bookmarkuli
adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)
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