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abasasa
noun European
bookmarkanga gee
turn one’s attention away from
bookmarkanumanga
noun dancing party
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaamada age
adjective start again
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdao hagaahulu
verb to leave an earth oven covered, even after the food is cooked
bookmarkdatada de galomada
twitching of an eye
bookmarkdaumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkdebeaha
okay; so-so
bookmarkdenaa ange naa
about that
denei donu
this is it for sure
bookmarkdulagi ange
look like
bookmarkduu bale
verb not quite vertical
bookmarkduu gaso
adjective vertical,straight up and down
bookmarkga hia
how many will it be
bookmarkgaagose
sea cucumber
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgali ange
wound around or tied or fastened very tightly
bookmarkgalua
verb having viscous sputum
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgano dae
noun the net of a hand net (not including the net’s handle)
bookmarkgau anga
noun thigh
bookmarkgede maduu
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgii talinga
tinnitus
bookmarkgobegobe
adjective cough (repeatedly)
bookmarkgoso
adjective bothered, annoyed
bookmarkhadu daahili
adjective to make up a song
bookmarkhagaala
verb make mat sections
bookmarkhagabala
verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)
bookmarkhagadauaadea
verb to clear out a place
bookmarkhagaduu me
adjective miserly
bookmarkhagaduuhuli
verb to create duuhuli
bookmarkhagahodooligi
verb to install as chief
bookmarkhagaingoo ai
called by (named)
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagapago sala
unfortunate result
bookmarkhagassahu
verb to try one’s best to do something bad or harmful
bookmarkhai dahi doo
trick someone
bookmarkhai gi de mahi
do or take by force,rape
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarklaalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklau ngago
noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal
bookmarklau tulugi
a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava
bookmarkleva saele
adjective vagrant (having no fixed abode)
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarkllena luu mada
lluu
adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmadohi iho
adjective to reach halfway down
bookmarkmage
magi i de makama
menstruation
bookmarkmagi ilihia
adjective gastritis (having one’s stomach full of gas)
bookmarkmalo gulu
noun
barkcloth
maluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmanga
noun a branch, part of (something havingcoordinate parts)
bookmarkme bouli
noun the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkmmala luu mada
stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)
bookmarkmodu gee
cut away from; separated from
bookmarkmusumusu laa lalo
whisper softly
bookmarknau
noun plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarkniho gai
noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)
bookmarkniho ngalo
molar teeth, wisdom teeth
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksemada
numeral tens of thousands
bookmarksomo dae
fully mature coconut apple
bookmarkssae de manava
struggle to breathe
bookmarktao o de moso
coconut frond spine which has fallen and stuck upright in the ground
bookmarkteve
adjective hair or feathers standing on end
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
bookmarkuludino
shed skin (as reptiles do)
bookmarkvvala
a piercingly bright light; the cutting of a fast canoe through the water
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