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aabi
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkaalo dahi
verb do at one time
bookmarkabo
adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable
bookmarkangi
verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)
bookmarkbaa age
shallow (e.g., waters)
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkbasa senga
adjective speak senselessly
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkdaane sauaa
noun a person of extraordinary ability; shark (euphemism)
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdahedahea
adjective drift aimlessly
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangada duaagau
adjective an avid fisherman
bookmarkdangolia
verb grabbed, fallen upon
bookmarkdauaadea
verb clear (with nothing in the way); unobstructed; cleared (of obstructions)
bookmarkde ahi
noun the fire
bookmarkdenaa loo
that was the one
bookmarkdiba
adjective not level, tipped to one side
bookmarkdiha
verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdohu ange
sufficient for
bookmarkdohu de gili
covered all over (skin) with
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkduu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarkgaavadu
verb give
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgada gimoo
adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)
bookmarkgada-ahai
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgalo gila
goatfish
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gegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkgelu-hai-usu
noun fishsp.: unicornfish
bookmarkgiivada
adjective good fortune in the future, as revealed by divination
bookmarkgili malanga
verb a type of skin disease
bookmarkgina
noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
noun cushionstarfish
bookmarkhagadagodo gee ina
change
bookmarkhagadulagi
verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasugi ange
to use an abbreviated name or acronym
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhai sseu
verb wasteful
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhua-ala
noun flower
bookmarkhulu made
noun the fading of one’s hair color (becoming white)
bookmarkibu
noun
kino made
adjective hate vehemently, completely disgusted
bookmarklaba
noun a dancingpaddle
bookmarkllabu
verb claw
bookmarkloeaa
a type of game
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmagiaa
adjective envious, jealous (non-sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanu-ligi
verb lice (immature); louse (immature)
bookmarkme ne modu
decision
bookmarkme vae
shoes, slippers
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarknao gasi
verb eat messily (by poking at all of thefood instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarknguu
noun squid (3 types)
bookmarknounu
pala de langi
it’s raining
bookmarkpo
verb touch
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksoa hagaaloha
noun a good friend
bookmarktahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
bookmarktangada hagaai
poor fellow!
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vvede
to massage
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