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ahe age
start again, reoccur
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkau dili dai
an ocean current flowing away from land
bookmarkbaalanga tugi
noun nail (of metal)
bookmarkbalu gauanga
adjective trembling of legs
bookmarkboogia mai
be caught doing something wrong
bookmarkdaagina
verb towing; dragging
bookmarkdaangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdahido vae
noun the back of the thigh
bookmarkdama daane
noun sons
bookmarkdangada lo te gohu
noun unenlightened person
bookmarkdangi hhadu
adjective cry for effect
bookmarkdanu de maasina
the setting of the moon
bookmarkdatane-uli
noun fishsp.
bookmarkday
laangi
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdee ni dago
never mind
bookmarkdelaa ai huu
that was it (as before)
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying
bookmarkdilo gaiaa
verb sneak a look
bookmarkdogoduli
adjective crouch on all fours
bookmarkdohi lau
verb to strip pandanus leaves (to make mats, etc.)
bookmarkduu dalo
noun piece of soft taro
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continue upon
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgalo saele
adjective look around (moving one’s body about)
bookmarkganae-oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgano siga
noun strands (of cloth)
bookmarkgiivada
adjective good fortune in the future, as revealed by divination
bookmarkgili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagatoo mua
verb take every possible precaution, insure
bookmarkhagaui gee
avoid
bookmarkhai gaiaa
verb use without permission
bookmarkhai gauligi
each child is somewhat different
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhelau
noun sorcery
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkhili de hau
make a hau
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkhulo gi lunga ma lalo
argue heatedly,fight
bookmarki dahi me
each, apiece
bookmarkianga
verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger
bookmarkiga-adagahi
noun
fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)
imu-uli
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklaangai laamaleu
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping but not biting
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
langi haanau
noun
a certain kind of rain
leengia
verb jump on; be flown into
bookmarklevango
adjective fight
bookmarkllou
hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarkluungagi
verb to be in a place protected from the wind, lee
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmada libia
verb a very sharp point
bookmarkmagi nngali
verb any sickness leading to emaciation (e.g., t.b.); a wasting illness (terminal)
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmainu daodao
malanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalau ngudu
noun lips
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmanu de henua
noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmasavaa alodahi
noun always
bookmarkmmade aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkmoni hai gubenga
noun a canoe rigged for gubenga fishing
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkngalue iho
adjective reduced,decreased
bookmarkoda
grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarksaalinga
noun street; road
bookmarksomo boi
adjective grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarkssigo
clever, a fast learner; catch on to, understand
bookmarktainaahine
noun sister
bookmarkuhado
large white worm species
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