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aaunga
noun the incompletely burned earth oven fuel remaining when the oven is uncovered
bookmarkau doga
noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary
bookmarkbaguu de laa
past noon
bookmarkbangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbono aasanga
adjective a method of fishing (by blocking the channel at high tide)
bookmarkboolonga
noun testament
bookmarkdaa gee taahili
sing off-key
bookmarkdaasele
verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip
bookmarkdagodo mai
appear from yonder
bookmarkdau
noun cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdau duadae
be a sucker, be fooled easily
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdeadea
adjective becoming lighter in color
bookmarkdenaa ai laa
that was it
bookmarkdiibanga goo dii
a game played by children (to determinewho is "it")
bookmarkdohu de gili
covered all over (skin) with
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgaadu
verb give (colloquial)
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgano dea
the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgau bini baalanga
an iron rod
bookmarkgina
noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner
bookmarkgu odi ange ona
he has done all he could
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhagaalo-mea
verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabasa
verb cause someone to speak; convince
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagahana iho
adjective recook for a little while
bookmarkhagamaasei ange
make smaller (away from one)
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagammau
verb memorize
bookmarkhagapago donu
adjective fortunate result
bookmarkhagauea
verb a sleeping mat
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhainga soe
noun a just law
bookmarkhakaa tuai
to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhale de henua
noun a house of indigenous construction (thatch)
bookmarkhaula
verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencilurchin
bookmarkhevaalogi
adjective the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhhanga
verb split open, open up, or separate, all at once
bookmarkhologumi
adjective
honu ssele
noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)
bookmarkhulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarkili taalanga
adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk at greatlength
bookmarklangadia
verb able to remain afloat with a load
bookmarklau de madila
a tuna of fair size
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarkllimu
noun a small honu
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkluduludu
trembling
bookmarkmadala mai
get free, be loose; in bloom
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmagi hai dama
morningsickness (of pregnancy)
bookmarkmanavasaa
adjective worried, apprehensive,fearful
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmau haahine
adjective attractive to women (for someinexplicable reason)
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkme holu
noun bow
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
moni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkngadi ngavesi
an empty box
bookmarkngago
brain; egg
bookmarkngavesi
box, coffin, crate
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarkniho hagadolo
noun incisor teeth
bookmarkodea
adjective noon, midday
bookmarkonge
famine
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksaganaa iho goe
watchout
bookmarksauduu
noun mermaid
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarksii bido lua
vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)
bookmarksolo
verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)
bookmarksseni
ulu-dugi
hawk fish
bookmarkvaagia
found or caught doing something wrong
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