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aduhenua
noun group of islands or atolls; archipelago
bookmarkalohi lima
noun palm (of hand)
bookmarkataula
noun anchor rope
bookmarkbaani
adjective lie down
bookmarkbae
verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)
bookmarkbangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmarkbasa hagassee
verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbuu hale moni
noun mollusk sp.
bookmarkdaabeduge saele
adjective to bat around
bookmarkdagabuli
verb gather together in a group
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdala-moana
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdalangasau
verb be quick-witted in an emergency
bookmarkdao bou
noun ridgepole support (end)
bookmarkdaumaha daahili
noun song service (in church)
bookmarkdee anga
forgetful, absent-minded
bookmarkdenaa donu
that is it for sure
bookmarkdenei au
it is i
bookmarkdenei naa ()
this will be it. (will this be it)
bookmarkdenei naa loo
this seems to be
bookmarkdiinonga eidu
adjective an idol representing a spirit
bookmarkdoo
verb get down, get off; take up a stringfigure (from another’s hands); fall;plant (something); drop down
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkduubaa
noun one half of an oyster shell
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabinivali
a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgai ngole
verb wasteful,improvident
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkgatae
noun fishingnet (attached to a frame or handle)
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgubu lima
hand, wrist
bookmarkguuduma
noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)
bookmarkhagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadaahili
verb make someone sing
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagahana age
recook for several days
bookmarkhagahana ange
recook for a very little while
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagailangi
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagaingoo ai
called by (named)
bookmarkhagalligi
verb make very small
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagapale
verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against
bookmarkhagasele age
verb make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhai daahili
adjective to compose songs
bookmarkhai me
industrious
bookmarkhai me balavini
to conduct oneself clumsily
bookmarkhale langadala
noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)
bookmarkhano gi oona
very,exceedingly
bookmarkhanolia
verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)
bookmarkhhali lo te laagau
a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)
bookmarkhonua
verb filled with
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhuaalavao
verb a strong wind
bookmarkhuuhua
adjective pregnancy
bookmarkise ngaio
noun needlefish
bookmarkkanosaa
adjective a tasteless tuber of poor quality
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
levango
adjective fight
bookmarkllahi
noun fishsp. (= small hagaudalolo)
bookmarklodo llidi
a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
maanga-de-langi
noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmalingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmasa boo
adjective mornings following nights during which the tide has gone out (which are good for looking for fish trapped on the reef)
bookmarkmasi
verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe
bookmarkmaunusi
adjective pulled out,removed (by pulling out)
bookmarkmoahulu
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmodomodo
ngalue ange
increase
bookmarknngali
verb to take a bite out of something held in the hand (food only)
bookmarknngao dalinga
adjective hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknonu
noun plantsp.: tree sp. (the archaic name of bugaliaa)
bookmarknoodagi
verb forbidden to use (esp. plants reservedfor the owner’s use by tying the trunk)
bookmarkodo
verb thatch
bookmarkssomo
suck one’s finger
bookmarksua bagu
a stain which has left a dry residue
bookmarkua dea
white-throated frigate bird
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