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aalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkasu
verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon
bookmarkbadabaataianga
noun
bangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmarkbasa dua nnui
speak undiplomatically
bookmarkbodu
noun spouse
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bugubugu
adjective
swollen
bupubu
adjective make a lot of noise (not vocal)
bookmarkdaa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdahido vae
noun the back of the thigh
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdangalebu de me
bad weather
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdele de ada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkdenaa ai laa
that was it
bookmarkdili
verb shoot at; shine (e.g., a flashlight) on; letgo, throwaway, lose something; disregard; steady beating (as of a heart); a steady stroke (as of an adze)
bookmarkdili aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkdonudonu
adjective understand somewhat
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkduilaa
verb to be unable to attract members of the opposite sex
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduusaba
noun type of musical intrument which consists a stretched palm leaf that is blown in order to make sound
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgalisi
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgasigi
noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)
bookmarkgavada
noun
a type of basket
gu odi ange ona
he has done all he could
bookmarkhaa daha
verb the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagamau
verb to strive to become acquainted with
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagasula tangada
adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position
bookmarkhagategi kano
adjective tickled (not sexually)
bookmarkhai ange
do to; do for, fix; say to
bookmarkhai donu
adjective
do properly by accident; do on purpose
hai taelodo
adjective obtain something in great number
bookmarkhebaledage
verb a confluence of currents (making the water choppy)
bookmarkheloongoi
adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhulo saele
wander around
bookmarkkosi
noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.
bookmarklaagei
noun
laohie
noun drought
bookmarklau makaga
verb stiff
bookmarklodo llidi
a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmada libia
verb a very sharp point
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmahuge, huge
open
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmanu-a-madaligi
noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmasaia
verb trapped by low water (e.g., canoes, or fish on the reef at low tide)
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkme hagaodi
noun last one
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
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mmade aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkmmahi i de gai
eat more than seems appropriate to one’s body size
bookmarkmmala luu mada
stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarkngadi me
noun nothing,unimportant,useless,worthless
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarknoholia
verb occupied
bookmarknonu
noun plantsp.: tree sp. (the archaic name of bugaliaa)
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkoga
to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick
bookmarkolo
noun beach
bookmarkomada
noun eye region (including eyes, eyelids, eyebrows)
bookmarksaagahinoa
noun fishsp. (= small saabudu)
bookmarkseaamonga
noun a unit of (twenty) coconuts for makinghuaahuu
bookmarksenga manu
stupid (like an animal)
bookmarksengaa
numeral tens of millions
bookmarksigi de hagahala
a technique of finishing a mat edge
bookmarkssae de manava
struggle to breathe
bookmarksuunibongi
a coral formation resembling a man at the bottom of the lagoon; a method of pole fishing at night
bookmarktoogili
adjective wrinkly
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