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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkaasii
noun drum (native)
bookmarkaboo nei
tonight (future)
bookmarkadudau
noun sandspit
bookmarkagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarkahi malo
noun mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkalohi
noun anything forming a semi-circle
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkbalu gauanga
adjective trembling of legs
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkboo dabeo
verb a night which is rainy and stormy
bookmarkdaelodo dau
noun a large enough number to "count"
bookmarkdaemaha
adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdami
verb close1 one’s jaws; closing of the two halves of a clam shell
bookmarkdau
noun cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdau honu
noun the season during which tides are highest
bookmarkdau masa
noun the season during which tides are lowest
bookmarkdee abo
uncomfortable (esp. socially)
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdegi
adjective kind, generous, forgiving
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdoo sala
adjective accidentally
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
eba
a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgabinivali
noun a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgaleve
sakau drink
bookmarkgalu
noun viscous sputum
bookmarkgau dagodo
noun the boom of a sail
bookmarkgeevee
noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)
bookmarkgiado
outrigger boom
bookmarkgiado madua
noun main outrigger booms
bookmarkgili malanga
verb a type of skin disease
bookmarkgima
noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaaigoli
noun a food tree on another’s land
bookmarkhagaao
verb cause to be sufficient
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaau
verb to create an ocean current
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagadubu o de ahi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhai hagadubu
adjective to fashion a string figure
bookmarkhai hegau ai
verb borrow
bookmarkhai maadua
adjective mention of one’s elders by others
bookmarkhai muna
adjective public meeting
bookmarkhai sumu
verb having a diamond-shaped decoration or form, etc.
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhanga-mea
noun
hano gee
go away
hhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhhola
verb hola at one time
bookmarkimu-mea
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkkano malie
adjective a tasty tuber of good quality
bookmarkkeeligi
verb put away against a contingency; take precautions
bookmarklangi haanau
noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarkleva saele
adjective vagrant (having no fixed abode)
bookmarkluei todo
adjective cough up blood
bookmarklugu
verb take or obtain something by force
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkluu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dahi
number eleven
bookmarkmadalua maa lima
number twenty five
bookmarkmahaa de usu
to have encountered unexpected misfortune
bookmarkmaidigi
noun august
bookmarkmalamalama
verb shiny (reflects light)
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkngago
noun brain; egg
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknigo
verb go around in a circle; wind around
bookmarkoha de ganomada
to work on a craft item (e.g., a canoe) with a model in mind of the finished product which is different from that of the person who began the work
bookmarkpena
verb take precautions
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarkseni ahiahi
adjective go to bed early (in the evening)
bookmarkseni tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarksigale
verb scull (a boat)
bookmarksula
verb arrive
bookmarkvilidogi
catterbox, a person who speaks fast
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