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adaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkalaa donu
those there only
bookmarkaligi
adjective priest (of a cult)
bookmarkbasa gi lunga
speak loudly
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdagahi ange gi de --
serve as a side dish for
bookmarkdagai
adjective move jerkily, flail (one’s legs), flounder about
bookmarkdahola
verb fish, hunt (at night)
bookmarkdai hiigai
adjective hungry
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangada abadai
noun european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdeeai
adjective
dele de longo
spread news or rumors
bookmarkdenei ange maalie
this is exactly right
bookmarkdenei naa ()
this will be it. (will this be it)
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share (of something); part (of something); fraction (in arithmetic)
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkduba
noun land crab sp. (small)
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkdulagi ange
look like
bookmarkduu de gona
umbilical hernia
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continue upon
bookmarkgammenge-hai-gili-dabeo
noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma
bookmarkgau hadu
the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgau looloa gaadinga
noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts
bookmarkgauna
verb invite
bookmarkgave ala
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkgili maalama
verb light-skinned
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkgoloa hesuihagi
noun goods which are bartered
bookmarkhaa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhagaamuli
verb treat as junior
bookmarkhagadau bale
verb cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagadau gaiaa
adjective steal from one another
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagasaulaba
verb treat as saulaba
bookmarkhakoobai
verb put a hat on (someone)
bookmarkhale de henua
halehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhano ahe
echo
bookmarkhhanga dalogo
adjective to make dalogo
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkhonu ssele
noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)
bookmarkhulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhungi
verb tricks of self-defense (some of which are like judo or karate)
bookmarkiholia
verb useful for climbing down
bookmarkinaho
noun a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)
bookmarkkaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarkkii adu
get out
bookmarkkii age
move upward; reach a certain age
bookmarklaagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklau maalie
verb neat-appearing hair or feathers
bookmarklavasi
noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)
bookmarklo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarklodo laanui
adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmalo gahu
adjective shirt
bookmarkmalogu
verb <= ngalogu>
bookmarkmangoo-senga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched
bookmarkmatoloia
noun a type of prepared food (made from dried breadfruit)
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkme ne modu
decision
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmomme aadea
noun clearing (e.g., in the woods)
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngadi basa
small talk; idle conversation
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarknoa
verb tied (as with rope)
bookmarknoogele
verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie
bookmarkonge
famine
bookmarkono llau
number six hundred
bookmarkpala de langi
it’s raining
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarkseedaa
noun october
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarkssili mada
to faint, be unconscious
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
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