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aasolo
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbangulu
noun a part of a traditional loom
bookmarkbasa degidegi
adjective speak disconnectedly with rage
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkbasa senga
adjective speak senselessly
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkbuga
noun plant sp.: tree sp. (pisonia grandis r.b.)
bookmarkbuu-ili
noun fish sp.
bookmarkdabaduu
noun fishsp.: (a small suulee or a var. ofsuulee)
bookmarkdagisoa
adjective many (people) at each (time or place, etc.)
bookmarkdaguu kalo
noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade
bookmarkdahia
verb
shave
dahola
verb fish, hunt (at night)
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdaogili
noun
dau
noun cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdauaa
verb wrinkled
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdua gi lunga
thicker (line or rope, etc.)
bookmarkduu gaso
adjective vertical,straight up and down
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarke galemu
it’s alright
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgainanga
verb a person having special powers (occult powers, strength, status, or knowledge)
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
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gidee mai
found out (or be found out)
bookmarkgii talinga
tinnitus
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhadu me llanga
lay out plaited work
bookmarkhagabaasi
verb do toward one side
bookmarkhagadulagi
verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagammidi
verb suction of a sea current, undertow
bookmarkhagausi
darkening of the sky or clouds (a sign of impending rain)
bookmarkhai baasi
adjective take sides against, oppose
bookmarkhaingaa me
noun work requiring a large work force
bookmarkhanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhuevini
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkili luu bongaa usu
inau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
noun pelvicbone
bookmarkkaianeane
adjective show-off
bookmarklaagau-doi
noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklao gau-me
verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklongohio
verb feel
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkma gi
in order to
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmadannia madua
noun thumb
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmalu gohu
adjective becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (generic term; children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu solo laagau
file (for filing wood)
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
pigeon
mmasi
adjective the ripened condition of the fruit of the pandanus (when the keys begin to fall)
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
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nguu
squid
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarksaniba
silversides
bookmarkse hono
fit well or properly
bookmarktainaahine
noun sister
bookmarktamana o dogu bodu
noun father-in-law
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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