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abo manu
adjective to correct someone without justification
bookmarkabongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkaha laa
I wonder why
bookmarkanaa ai loo
those then are
bookmarkatangada
noun generation, age set
bookmarkbaaua
noun fish sp., rabbitfish
bookmarkbebe de lodo
noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbinge
adjective pink
bookmarkdaa (dau)
chanting (of old chants)
bookmarkdaahia
verb cleanoff
bookmarkdabeo
verb unclean,unkempt
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdagua-loa
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdahido lima
noun upper arm
bookmarkdahido vae
noun the back of the thigh
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdalaa ubu
noun charcoal from the coconut shell
bookmarkdama ulungi
noun a man good at catching tuna with a fishing pole
bookmarkdangalebu de me
bad weather
bookmarkdangi see
adjective cry aloud for a long time, wail
bookmarkde heduu o taiao
noun morningstar
bookmarkde hia
which number
bookmarkdee hemuu
not on speaking terms
bookmarkdiidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdiidiingia
verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdino
adjective a share of, allotment, portion
bookmarkdolona
verb flooded, washedout
bookmarkdoo de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkgaahanga
noun a rope used to assist in climbing
bookmarkgaalauanga
gaba aasanga
noun the sides of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgaba-moe
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkgage de henua
invade
bookmarkgage gaahanga
verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga
bookmarkgaleve
alcoholic beverage made from the coconut palm
bookmarkgi hanu donu huu
any kind whatsoever
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgumedi
noun bowl (wooden)
bookmarkgumedi de henua
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkhada
noun
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse
haele sala
spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.
bookmarkhagademo
verb
pout
hagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagalodo
verb to stimulate a desire for
bookmarkhagamou
verb include in a mou
bookmarkhagamuli
verb be late, tarry
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhagatulu mai
ooze out
bookmarkhonumia
verb filled with
bookmarkhugahuga
noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
bookmarkilaila
verb having more than one ila
bookmarkkala
adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.
bookmarkkeeligi
verb put away against a contingency; take precautions
bookmarkkolu de henua
pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)
bookmarklaangidabu
time noun sunday
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklau tulugi
a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklodo llidi
a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaanadu age
decide (arrive at a decision), make upone’s mind; think up
bookmarkmadaa gai
noun firstfruits
bookmarkmadania teu ngaloto
noun middle finger
bookmarkmagi kino
adjective loss of appetite
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmatili mai
remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
ngadi hanonga
noun a useless journey
bookmarknigo
verb go around in a circle; wind around
bookmarknoho dau donu
sit quietly
bookmarkoda
verb eat (something) raw
bookmarkonge
verb famine
bookmarkono
noun fishsp.: barracuda
bookmarksali ssavale
salivate
bookmarksangatai
mollusk, Spondylus
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksiga
verb
to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool
sigi manu
adjective to transplant a plant
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksiva-dahanga
time noun the ninth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarksugi launui
noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarktao o de me holu
noun arrow
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity
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