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agoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkanaa ange huu
that
aoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkbaalanga dua hale
metal roofing
bookmarkbadodi
verb to jerk to a stop (as at the end of a tether); stumble, trip (fall)
bookmarkboolonga
noun testament
bookmarkbouli
adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)
bookmarkbuadalia
verb cast with a sling
bookmarkdaahili hagadaahao
adjective a song which is for amusement only (one which is not ’serious’, i.e., not religious)
bookmarkdaane ssili dala
special one,important one
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdaia e tulidaa
urgency in micturation
bookmarkdangaligi
noun a type of basket
bookmarkdau lango
verb
the season during which flies are most numerous
daumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkday
laangi
bookmarkdee heloongoi
adjective misunderstand one another; mismated (not matched properly); not fit; not able to get along with
bookmarkdele de boialiali
daybreak
bookmarkdilimangali
verb
to catch flying fish
dingale
noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkdoolohi
verb chase,run after
bookmarkdungu iho
adjective smell oneself
bookmarkduu inai
gai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgai me hagadau doa
eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)
bookmarkgalavagu
noun spongesp.
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgau bini
noun a tool used in braiding rope
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkgili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagabahhaa
verb to exhale suddenly; making exhalation noises
bookmarkhagadania
verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit
bookmarkhagadau doo
adjective to transfer a string figure from oneperson’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagadolu (ina)
verb make a total of three
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagalloba ange
to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkhagamadaagi
verb to teach someone to madaagi
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hausanga
noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhidu-limu
time noun the seventh number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hodu
adjective sighted, appear
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhua
verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)
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kii gee
move away from
bookmarkkoi
verb scrape (a single act), scraper
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklangaa lodo
adjective a sudden access of emotion
bookmarklao gau-me
verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
luuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkmaasae
adjective hatched
bookmarkmada mmea
dark red
bookmarkmadala mai
get free, be loose; in bloom
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmadohi age
adjective reach halfway up
bookmarkmadohi boo
adjective midnight
bookmarkmadohi iho
adjective to reach halfway down
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mao lunga
adjective high,high-ranking
bookmarkmasagi
a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkme mmilo
noun current (in the sea)
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmouli dangada
noun delinquent person (periodically exhibiting bad behavior)
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, byandby
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarkngadi ngavesi
noun an empty box
bookmarknguu
noun squid (3 types)
bookmarkoho mai
come early
bookmarkpale age (iho)
steer toward (away from) land
bookmarksalua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarksango
adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksele gi tonu
make sure of
bookmarkulungaa iga
a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.
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