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adi saele
adjective disseminate information
bookmarkanei muhuu
how about these
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkaoa
verb misshapen fruit
bookmarkbaalasi saele
shine a flashlight indiscriminately on people
bookmarkbadioda
verb the residue remaining after coconut oil has been heated; the residue remaining after arrowroot starch-making
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkbebela
noun prowler
bookmarkbie
noun plant sp.: Polynesian arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides (l.) o.k.)
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkbou
noun mast (of a canoe)
bookmarkbuni
adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)
bookmarkdaaea
noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdamana
noun father (formal)
bookmarkdangau-paava
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdee ahe mai
adjective incurably ill
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share (of something); part (of something); fraction (in arithmetic)
bookmarkduadonu
adjective luck, good fortune
bookmarkduu ngavesi
cover of a box
bookmarkduu podo
adjective do something at short intervals; often,frequently
bookmarkduu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgalo ahi
verb sparks
bookmarkgaso
roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgau henua gee
foreigners (lit., ’people from other lands’)
bookmarkgau looloa gaadinga
noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts
bookmarkgii
adjective a high-pitched sound, soft, high-pitched crying (as by children)
bookmarkgii talinga
adjective tinnitus
bookmarkgo
hano
bookmarkhaalo
verb extend one’s hand, reach out; to expect things from others, and accept too readily
bookmarkhagaahee
adjective when (near future)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagadibalia
verb cause to tip to one side
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
adjective make boxes
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhai hegau ai
verb borrow
bookmarkhai hua laa
do indifferently
bookmarkhai me a leangi
bad-mannered
bookmarkhai me gaiaa
to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhologumu
adjective (for a fish) to swallow a hook so that it becomes stuck in the throat
bookmarkhonua
verb filled with
bookmarkiainei donu
right now
bookmarkili taalanga
adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk at greatlength
bookmarkkosi
noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklanea
adjective much,plenty
bookmarklangi maakau
the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarklangona
adjective heard,felt
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmadaa sele
noun loop of a lasso or noose
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
manumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmmasa bagubagu
adjective hard and curled up owing to dryness
bookmarkmodu gee
cut away from; separated from
bookmarkmouli danuaa
adjective easy living, a good life
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarkngahui
noun
tens of coconuts
ngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarkohu
a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarkonge
famine
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarkpaa i tua tinae
have an empty stomach
bookmarksaagule
pick head lice
bookmarksaava
verb skinny,thin (lacking in flesh)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksai
verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarksigi de hagahala
collection (in church), offering (in chrch), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksilivaahea
verb wander about with no fixed abode
bookmarksivi
adjective giveup
bookmarksua aaleloi
a wrestling maneuver
bookmarktangada mange
now you’ve done it!
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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