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aahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkalahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaasanga
noun manner of speaking, idiolect, dialect
bookmarkbagibagi
noun
bagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbagua
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: pandan tree (pandanus dubius Spreng.)
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
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boo adu laa
day after tomorrow at night
bookmarkbunua
noun a young bird (of any sp. suitable for being raised as a pet)
bookmarkbuudunga
noun pile of, group of
bookmarkdaangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdagodo be --
it seems that...
bookmarkdangi buada
adjective the noise made by a fast-moving projectile
bookmarkdao badu
noun ridgepole (upper)
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdelaa ai huu
that was it (as before)
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdongi de lae
noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies
bookmarkdoo de lolomango
separated (of crude coconut oil)
bookmarkdoo i de ubu
too big in size (of clothes)
bookmarkdoolonga
noun a track left by a crawling thing
bookmarkdoopeva
verb trick, prank
bookmarkduu duli
adjective kneel
bookmarkege
verb raise up (so that higher)
bookmarkege iho
adjective lower (something)
bookmarkgaba aasanga
noun the sides of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgage de henua
invade
bookmarkgai hagassii
verb eat messily (letting the food fall from one’s hands and mouth)
bookmarkgai ngole
verb wasteful,improvident
bookmarkgiligili tai
horizon
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgoonanga
noun a record set by an individual (or team)
bookmarkguuduma
noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagadau aaloha
adjective love each other (esp. of persons of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagadinoangahulu
verb make a total of ten people
bookmarkhagaduu dala
adjective angry and ready to fight
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
verb make boxes
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagahaigabungi
verb make shy
bookmarkhagahebaa ngudu
adjective converse (conversation)
bookmarkhagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)
bookmarkhagamanavasaa
adjective risky,dangerous
bookmarkhagapili
adjective boring
bookmarkhagatubu me
adjective exaggerate matters
bookmarkhai maa
relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai sseu
verb wasteful
bookmarkhaiava
noun road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner
bookmarkhainga soe
noun a just law
bookmarkhebolo
adjective a sign made with the eyes
bookmarkhhano gi daha
to wash one’s hands in such a way that the dirty water does not fall back into the basin or well
bookmarkhidu-limu
time noun the seventh number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkkana adu
perhaps; watch yourself
bookmarkkave dahi
adjective do at one time
bookmarklaagau-doi
noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made
bookmarklabodo-uli
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarklanga de ivi
a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkmaaguluaa
adjective dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkmada-umanga
noun the bud of a cyrtosperma taro corm
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmaingaa
adjective miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkmateedea
verb pustular
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, byandby
bookmarkniho gaina
teeth with cavities
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksaubaligi
verb graceful in dancing
bookmarkse gainga
abundant
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksoa hagaaloha
noun a good friend
bookmarksoe
adjective straight, not crooked; level
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
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