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aabida
verb make a coil of dried pandanus leaves
bookmarkaalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkalaa ange huu
that there
baalanga tea
noun stainless steel
bookmarkbaalasi ngago
adjective incubation of eggs (by a hen)
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbalagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbona
noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling
bookmarkdaalo
verb stab,skewer
bookmarkdaamada age
adjective start again
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdagodo adu
appear there (from here)
bookmarkdahea gi lalo
sink (completely)
bookmarkdala
verb tell, say to, relate
bookmarkdanuaa mai i hee
good according to whom
bookmarkdau (umu)
noun a cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdau makaga
adjective tightly stretched (not slack)
bookmarkdaumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkdeai ange loo soo savaa
now i’ve got you
bookmarkdee beaha
all rightit’s nothing
bookmarkdili dagidahi
happening continually but one at a time
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdoo de hatuli
the’falling of thunder’
doo tahulinga
adjective bad-mannered
bookmarkduuli
verb surround
bookmarkgaa, ula
verb burn (intransitive)
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgau hadu
the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgeesaa
noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgoloa hai hegau
noun tools (for work)
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundary stone
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagabigo de ngago
fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkhagadolu (ina)
verb make a total of three
bookmarkhagaduai
verb cause to be worn out
bookmarkhagaduasala
verb suffer,punish
bookmarkhagadubu gina
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
verb make boxes
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagameme (iho)
adjective gradually decreasing (in noise level,force of wind, etc.)
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagapago sala
unfortunate result
bookmarkhagasahu
verb to catch water (in something)
bookmarkhagauu
verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)
bookmarkhai daahili
verb to compose songs
bookmarkhai de biho
act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhai naa hanu me
something will happen...
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencil urchin
bookmarkhhogi
adjective a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle
bookmarkhidi bido dane
slow-moving or slow-working person
bookmarkhulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
noun pelvicbone
bookmarklabodo-tea
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarklabu manu
adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarklodo gi me
adjective acquisitive, covetous
bookmarkloha
bird species
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarklongohie
adjective big around, fat
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmago de henua
noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)
bookmarkmalamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalu
verb shade (under trees); lee (of wind)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmanu-ligi
verb lice (immature); louse (immature)
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarknevea
verb be neve
bookmarkngadi diinonga
noun pagan gods,idols
bookmarkngadolo
adjective a landslide or similar movement of things
bookmarkoia
adjective a sound used to communicate the tiredness of the speaker, or that the speaker recognizes his mistake
bookmarkosi
verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarkosia
verb taken for planting
bookmarksauduu
mermaid
bookmarksaugalo saele
adjective search for here and there,wander around looking for
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarksii bido lua
vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)
bookmarkvasu
timid, shy
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