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ahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkalaa naa loo
those there seem to be
bookmarkasu
verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbadabaataianga
noun
daane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdabanimeeli
adjective payment for medical treatment
bookmarkdagua-bodo
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdalangasau
verb be quick-witted in an emergency
bookmarkdanu de laa
the setting of the sun
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally apportioned
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdenei ange naa
about this
diinonga
adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdino
adjective a share of, allotment, portion
bookmarkdoloinui
adjective
a hard lump inside a female’s stomach
dongi ange
appoint
bookmarkdua lligi
adjective thin (line or rope, etc.); fine (thread, etc.); tenderly
bookmarkduu duli
adjective kneel
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgaloi
ganomada
noun eye
bookmarkgauligi daane
male child, boy
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgenu
verb a movement of the hips, as in the act of sexual intercourse
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkguduaanga
noun abounding in lice
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagabau
verb measure, calculate,estimate
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagadonu
verb trust, believe; interpret; support as a witness
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagaholau
verb banish from the island (in a canoe with no paddle or food)
bookmarkhagamabua
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrepectful way
bookmarkhagamoni
verb provide a canoe for
bookmarkhai dama
adjective pregnant
bookmarkhai damana
adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhonu-uda
noun insectsp. (small and turtle-like)
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarklodo daemaha
adjective feel unhappy or sad
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmaanegabo
energetic
bookmarkmada agamu
noun the essential design features of tuai
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmaido
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaisi
adjective peeled off
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanu lalo tai
noun seashell
bookmarkmanu-gaba-aasanga
noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)
bookmarkmanu-gadi-niho
noun
plantsp.
masaala
verb clear-headed
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmaua laa
nevermind
bookmarkmoe tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngadi uaa
adjective assent to insincerely
bookmarkngauda
adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarkodi ai loo
that’s the end! that’s all!
bookmarkonodaa
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksauduu
mermaid
bookmarkse gava
know (how to do something) well
bookmarksii
adjective a stream or jet of water; dysentery
bookmarksila
look for
bookmarktala
rough in texture (as perceived at one time)
bookmarkteungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
bookmarkuhi
to replace a ridge pole cover of a thatch house; to cover the sides of a house with plaited green coconut leaves as protection against ghosts
bookmarkvalaai hagasili lodo
a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion
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