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agule
verb pick head lice
bookmarkanei ai
these (here) only
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbaguu de laa
past noon
bookmarkbasa soe
adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbuga
noun plant sp.: tree sp. (pisonia grandis r.b.)
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdaaia
verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely
bookmarkdaasele
verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdaholaa/a
noun december
bookmarkdahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdangoa
verb grabbed,fallen upon
bookmarkdau laagii
adjective to put on an ornament for a special purpose
bookmarkday
laangi
bookmarkde hine ga haibodu
noun bride
bookmarkdebeaha
okay; so-so
bookmarkdee ngado mai
forever,eternally
bookmarkdenaa ai loo
that is it (which has been decided upon)
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdogo duu
verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe
bookmarkdogoisi
adjective few
bookmarkdolo mea
noun spiny starfish
bookmarkdoo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkduiaanga
noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object
bookmarkduusaba
noun a type of musical instrument (a stretched palm leaf jiggled while blown against)
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgaagose
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgaalau-ango
noun plantsp.: tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)
bookmarkgaba
adjective flap (as wings)
bookmarkgagu
well-mannered
bookmarkgalemu
unclassified
gili dabeo
verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgoobai-o-lillo
noun mollusk sp.: trochus
bookmarkhadu-i-de-ssala
noun
coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral
hagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagadaudoo
adjective compete to see who is stronger
bookmarkhagadubu o de moe
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahodooligi
verb to install as chief
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagaida
verb to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips)
bookmarkhagalilo
verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard as fast as possible
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhakide gee
spoil (a child)
bookmarkhallaba
noun the base of a palm frond spine; rifle
bookmarkhano saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhidu-limu
time noun the seventh number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhina
noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness
bookmarkhoo senga
adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed
bookmarkhoohanga
adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkhuuhuna
adjective
hide
kano made
adjective slightly aged meat
bookmarkkau donu
adjective usedto, easy to
bookmarklaangai sahole
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting
bookmarklale
noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklangona iho maahana
feel punished or victimized
bookmarklaohie
noun drought
bookmarklaosedi
noun seawater
bookmarklave
adjective be caught on, stuck on
bookmarkmadangi
verb wind,gas,flatus
bookmarkmaluu
verb soft
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmuna pada
harsh words
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkoho boo
adjective to oho while still dark
bookmarkono
numeral six
bookmarksaabai moni doo
carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksaugalo saele
adjective search for here and there,wander around looking for
bookmarkse hono
fit well or properly
bookmarkseni tao
sleep soundly
bookmarksii tae
adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarkssae aalanga
adjective sore in the muscles
bookmarkssea
noun chair
bookmarktuugili
noun goosebumps
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