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adilo
noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire
bookmarkageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkanei ai laa
these then were those
bookmarkbaalanga dua hale
metal roofing
bookmarkbaasi gi taiao
forenoon (from dawn to noon)
bookmarkbaledilo
verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear
bookmarkbangi dua beau
a certain way of pinching with the fingers
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdaakodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
daane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdala malo
adjective change clothes
bookmarkdala-moana
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdama lalo
noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands
bookmarkdangada ssigo
noun clever person
bookmarkdauhuli (ange)
noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdelaa tagodo
that there is the situation...
bookmarkdenei ai laa
this is that then
bookmarkdiidegaehala
noun the sixth child of a couple
bookmarkdogoisi loo huu
very few
bookmarkdohi dilo
verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)
bookmarkdoo gaiaa
ambush; attack by surprise or stealth
bookmarkdotonogaa
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgai ga aha
too bad
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
bookmarkgano agau
noun reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind
bookmarkgide malie
adjective get in the habit of
bookmarkgoai ne siilia
who asked you
gosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkgulu koi
noun a type of prepared food (breadfruit which has been cooked over hot coals with the skin on)
bookmarkhaadenga
noun measurement
bookmarkhagadania
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagailoo
verb announce
bookmarkhagamoni
verb provide a canoe for
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work
bookmarkhai damaahine
adjective the relationship between parent and daughter
bookmarkhai damana
adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)
bookmarkhai me a leangi
bad-mannered
bookmarkhai me galasi
to steal after having sort of asked for
bookmarkhale langadala
noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)
bookmarkhale o de henua
community meeting house
bookmarkhano i luu moana
die (a person)
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhhoa
verb crack open; break into pieces; cut a hole in
bookmarkholomanga
noun throat
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkkave dahi
adjective do at one time
bookmarkkumi tangi
adjective to control one’s crying
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarkma ai
and who
bookmarkma gu
and then
bookmarkmada gi lodo
adjective a point which is bent inward (toward its handle)
bookmarkmada giivia
verb dim light
bookmarkmaduupaa
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkmagini
adjective a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkme madaali
noun a ripe coconut (= gaadinga) of poor quality
bookmarkme tao
dye
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmuli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarkmusa
verb the sound of many little school fish feeding at the surface of the water
bookmarknaa huu
when,if
bookmarkngadolo
adjective a landslide or similar movement of things
bookmarkngaobo
verb easily bent out of shape
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkodi de masavaa
having insufficient time remaining for (something)
bookmarkpale age (iho)
steer toward (away from) land
bookmarksavini
verb run
bookmarkseni iho
adjective take a nap, stay overnight (away fromhome)
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksio
noun waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarksoa hagaaloha
noun a good friend
bookmarktangada hagaai
poor fellow!
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkubu
kneecap; the shell of a coconut
bookmarkuso
umbilical cord
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