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alobagi
verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll
bookmarkaloha ina
helpful toward
bookmarkava
adjective relief, be relieved
bookmarkbaalasi ange
compete hard against (as in team sports)
bookmarkboo ga dae laa
my goodness
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaane hebagi
adjective soldier
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdaemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdao me hholu
noun arrow (for a bow)
bookmarkdauaalu
verb always borrowing or begging
bookmarkday
laangi
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdiiloo
verb look after; look at attentively
bookmarkdili de lima
to swing one’s arms (when walking)
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdoo tuugau
a dislocation of the tuugau
bookmarkdungagi
verb nod (one’s head)
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgaadinga osi
a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgaha uli
adjective having brown (ripe) coconuts (of a coconut tree)
bookmarkgahuduna
noun ridgepole cover
bookmarkgai baalau
verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgavadu
adjective
give or carry (something) to you
gulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhadu-bunga
noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma
bookmarkhaele
verb bringup (children), discipline (children)
bookmarkhagaamuli
verb treat as junior
bookmarkhagabuni de henua
to call an all-island meeting
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagaheohi
verb to correct (someone or something)
bookmarkhagaholi
verb begin to form (something)
bookmarkhagailonga
verb sign,mark,signal,omen
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhakolona
noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)
bookmarkhedogi
noun the sound of tapping
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkhoosenga
adjective shy,embarrassed,bashful
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishingpole
bookmarkhulu
adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)
bookmarkhulubala
verb smeared with grease or paint or food, etc.
bookmarkinau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light
bookmarkkobu
adjective splash (once)
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
lau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarklau maalie
verb neat-appearing hair or feathers
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkmaadau duiagi
noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmanava bodo
adjective shortness of breath
bookmarkmoenga
bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping
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moolau lodo
noun having a shorttemper
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkngadi humai
adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)
bookmarknoho dau donu
sit quietly
bookmarkono
numeral six
bookmarkpaa de hoa
happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)
bookmarksae de hadu
make a grater (by punching holes in sheet metal)
bookmarksagana
verb watch carefully, keep an eye on
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksomo
verb grow, develop; coconut apple
bookmarksui
change, replace
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