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alomasige
adjective hasten to go or come
bookmarkanaa maa
those were about (approximately)
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbaalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbangi
noun a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit
bookmarkbinge
adjective pink
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuni
adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaane sauaa
noun a person of extraordinary ability; shark (euphemism)
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdangi hhadu
adjective cry for effect
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdenei sili
this is enough
bookmarkdiihagaai
noun the eighth child of a couple
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkdoo gaiaa
verb attack by surprise or stealth; ambush
bookmarkduasivi
noun the back of the spine
bookmarkduu-mmea
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkee laa
so
bookmarkege age
raise up (something) from its previous trajectory
bookmarkege ange
move (something) over
bookmarkgaaui i tao
a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear
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gano agau
reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgoloa lalo
noun gear obtained from foreign lands
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagahana ange
recook for a very little while
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagailaage
verb setfree
bookmarkhagamaiana
adjective
hagauda i tege
carry a basket, etc., on one’s hip
bookmarkhai gainga
adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound
bookmarkhano ahe
adjective echo
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkhulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship, etc.)
bookmarkiloo iho
adjective realize, know
bookmarkise
noun fishsp.: halfbeak
bookmarkkena
noun pale; whitish yellow
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklau makaga
verb stiff
bookmarklevango
adjective fight
bookmarklodo daemaha
adjective feel unhappy or sad
bookmarkmaailaba
noun axis (or long thing through the center of something)
bookmarkmaasae
adjective hatched
bookmarkmada ahodo
verb any place where seawater seeps into the taro bog
bookmarkmadaaolo
noun capital of
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madavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmahola
adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkmasagi
a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkmasana
verb good (quality)
bookmarkmasole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkmee hai ada
camera
bookmarkmmala
adjective sour; bitter
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkmuaamoni
noun a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarknguulia
verb be nguu
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarkobe
eye of thtaro corn
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarksaava
verb skinny,thin (lacking in flesh)
bookmarksago
verb tough (like meat); stiff (like a heavy fishing pole)
bookmarksalaboli
noun may
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarksolo
verb grate, make into small pieces
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
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vasu
timid, shy
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