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agule
verb pick head lice
bookmarkalohaai
verb love intensely
bookmarkava
noun fish sp. (= large tonu, also = large hagaodalolo)
bookmarkbasalia
verb be talked about (one person or thing only)
bookmarkbau iho
adjective capable only of looking after oneself (not others)
bookmarkbelu
noun lizard sp.
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaa hagasaalei
verb make a striped design in tatooing
bookmarkdaa iho
adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)
bookmarkdagitilo
verb watchful, be on the lookout, keep aneye on
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdee galemu
never mind, don’t bother
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdoloa
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdongi ange
appoint
bookmarkdugu de laa
lower sail
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkduu-mmea
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkduu-uli
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgabanibaonga
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
bookmarkgalo saele
adjective look around (moving one’s body about)
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgaunga
noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire
bookmarkgea
hawksbill turtle
bookmarkguani
noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)
bookmarkhaangoda dugidugi
adjective a method of fishing (night fishing outside the reef, using hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhaangodalia
verb a suitable (place) for fishing
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhadi bala
adjective to rely on others for the things one should provide for oneself
bookmarkhagaali
verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious
bookmarkhagaduu me
miserly
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagaoda tugi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and grated coconut)
bookmarkhagaodea
verb the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagi me
verb pick coconuts
bookmarkhai me gavia
do crazy things
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhedogi
noun the sound of tapping
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhiloa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkibu
noun
ilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship, etc.)
bookmarkkii adu
get out
bookmarkkoli
verb scrape off (with one’s finger), scratch up
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarkllimu
noun a small honu
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarkloha
verb fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)
bookmarklunga age
up a little
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmada-galisi
verb the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmada-givi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmadaangudu
adjective converse with
bookmarkmae
adjective
withered;
mahu
adjective healed (of a sore)
bookmarkmaile
noun plantsp.: maile-scentedfern(polypodium scolopendria burm. f.)
bookmarkmaingaa
adjective miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkme bouli
the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkme tao
dye
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmao
adjective far,distant
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmulu gudu
verb grab while pulling; destroy by falling on or through; break through any obstacles in one’s path
bookmarknaa gaalava
so what
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarkngadi ngavesi
an empty box
bookmarkngae
noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.
bookmarkngali
grind
bookmarkngudula
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarksabala
adjective willing to
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarkseni
sleep
bookmarksugi launui
noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarktili aalanga
exhausted (physically or mentally); discouraged; completely relaxed
bookmarkvaga
noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship
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