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abo manu
adjective to correct someone without justification
bookmarkadamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkaha naa
let’s (later)
bookmarkahe
verb return, go back
bookmarkange laa
the next but one
bookmarkbolo iho
adjective to make oneself the beneficiary of a will which one has made for another
bookmarkbuliaamou
adjective long for, homesick
bookmarkbunaa
noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)
bookmarkbuuia
verb be struck with something shot out from something else
bookmarkdaane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdagodo mai
appear from yonder
bookmarkdai beau
verb rough seas at a certain time
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkde hua nei
this size
bookmarkdelaa ai
therefore (with respect to that there)
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdili aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkdoo
verb get down, get off; take up a stringfigure (from another’s hands); fall;plant (something); drop down
bookmarkdoo mua
adjective very
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkduu gili somo
the coconut meat remaining in a germinated coconut after the coconut apple has been removed
bookmarkgailalopoli
adjective stingy
bookmarkgalo
verb stir
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgava-uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkgidee iho
adjective be aware of oneself
bookmarkhaelu
verb var. of hailu
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabudu me
adjective selfish
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhagasiilangaa mada
noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)
bookmarkhagaulu
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakide
verb to reveal oneself to someone (of a ghost); to show (familiarize with)
bookmarkhale de henua
noun a house of indigenous construction (thatch)
bookmarkhallaba
noun the base of a palm frond spine; rifle
bookmarkhetugi
adjective meet by chance,encounter
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collar bone
bookmarkkobu dango
adjective the splash of a small object (like a dango) hitting the water at high velocity
bookmarklaangai buusagi
a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklau-gadaha
noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarkma gu
and then
bookmarkmaagoda
adjective jealous (sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadaa duge
noun the tip of a duge
bookmarkmadalua maa valu
number twenty eight
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmahedua
sneeze
bookmarkmaholadage
adjective be holadage
bookmarkmalingalinga
noun sideburns (of hair)
bookmarkmatili
adjective come up quickly (like fast-sproutingplants or a quickly erupting skin disease)
bookmarkmmuni
adjective hidden,hide
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmoni gabegabe
noun paddling canoe
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkmulegi
verb showoff (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarknngao dalinga
adjective hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknoho hhanga
adjective sit with one’s legs spread apart
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck; punishment
bookmarkpala ivi
adjective work beyond one’s endurance
bookmarksaahea
adjective be caught (esp. fish) and secured
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarkse biho
clever (scheme or trick)
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksigi manu
adjective to transplant a plant
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksolo
verb grate, make into small pieces
bookmarksulu
dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
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