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aasanga
verb a watercourse between islets on the atoll
bookmarkaho
noun fishing line of the sort used for adu fishing
bookmarkbaa donu
adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagu hahine
my "daughter" or "mother" (not one’s natural mother)
bookmarkdalaa ubu
noun charcoal from the coconut shell
bookmarkdale
verb touch (two or more things being in contact); strike (a match)
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdaohi i tua
learn by heart
bookmarkdaungaangalu
noun high-watermark
bookmarkdeleulu
verb good at catching tuna
bookmarkdenei muhuu
how about this one
bookmarkdiibanga o de henua
the categories of ancient custom
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdoluu
pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkga noho
after a time
bookmarkgaalauanga
gadinibidi
noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkgadunga
noun fire-plow
bookmarkgaibea lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgailalopoli
adjective stingy
bookmarkgau bini
noun a tool used in braiding rope
bookmarkgiivada
adjective good fortune in the future, as revealed by divination
bookmarkgio
noun mollusksp.: charonia spp.
bookmarkhaa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhadu alo
noun the bottom portion of a fish
bookmarkhadu-maadau
noun
coralsp.
hagadanuaa
verb make good, lead a good life
bookmarkhagadeeai
verb refuse to
bookmarkhagadubuna
verb treat as dubuna
bookmarkhagaleo
verb to produce sound
bookmarkhagammene dua
verb go backwards (esp. a canoe)
bookmarkhagaodea
the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhai gainga
adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound
bookmarkhaitoga
noun an opening for a door or window
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhale denga manu
noun hive (house for animals)
bookmarkhhao
verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)
bookmarkhono
verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)
bookmarkhonu tolo
noun a turtle of the largest size
bookmarkhua ai
be inchargeof
bookmarkhuna me
adjective a habitual thief
bookmarkkaso
adjective
narrow
keeligi
verb put away against a contingency; take precautions
bookmarklaulau
lausedi
noun
libo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarkloha
noun birdsp. (never seen live)
bookmarkmaanegabo
adjective energetic
bookmarkmada hoou
adjective brand new
bookmarkmada udua
noun the point of a promontory or peninsula (esp. if large)
bookmarkmagi dee manava
asthma
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
maisi
adjective peeled off
bookmarkmalo huna
adjective breechclout
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmasugi
adjective having a hole, pierced
bookmarkmoana dugidugi
noun far from any land, in the open sea
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoni sulu
noun submarine
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmuna o de henua
a community meeting (for listening to speeches or instructions)
bookmarknebu ange
adjective to perceive that others are occupied
bookmarkngae
noun head
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkpanava
noun scrotum (one side only)
bookmarksaba
verb be in a precarious position
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
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tao tangada
to immerse a person in medication
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