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aahulu
verb to leave food cooking overnight
bookmarkadu ange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkahe iho
diminish (in intensity)
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa laa
these (there) which were there
bookmarkanaa nei
those now
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbau
adjective to be worth it
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkbole gi de gai
eat ravenously
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkbuliaamo
adjective sad
bookmarkdaabui
verb enclose
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdai bigi
adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout
bookmarkdalahalu
noun plantsp.: treesp. (allophylustimorensis (dc.) bl.)
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdatada de galomada
twitching of an eye
bookmarkdau makaga
adjective tightly stretched (not slack)
bookmarkdauaa
verb wrinkled
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdavage
noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)
bookmarkdenga meenaa
those ones (plural)
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkduu-uli
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgede aola
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgelu-agau
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgidee iho
adjective be aware of oneself
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhagailaage
verb setfree
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagammidi
noun suction of a sea current, undertow.
bookmarkhagamoolau
verb hurry,rush
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhai daalanga
adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk animatedly
bookmarkhakaa tuai
to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkheboohagi
adjective fight
bookmarkhinangalosaa iho
adjective self-pity
bookmarkkaso
adjective
narrow
kii age
move upward; reach a certain age
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarklibi
verb do rapidly (esp. a repeated action done energetically)
bookmarklie
noun lice eggs
bookmarklluhi
adjective an access (of emotion or sensory impression)
bookmarklodo mao lalo
characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit
bookmarkmaadau duiagi
noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)
bookmarkmaaniha
adjective strongly desirous of
bookmarkmaaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmagi haahine
adjective menstruation
bookmarkmago de henua
noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmanadu
verb think
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmmidi
verb suck, suction (e.g., of sea current)
bookmarkmmoli gee
haul away from
bookmarkmmuni
adjective hidden,hide
bookmarkmuna abo donu
truth
bookmarkngii
verb a high-pitched sound
bookmarkosi
a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarkpaa de mahedua
sneeze loudly
bookmarkpigi
adjective be stuck
bookmarksaagahinoa
noun fishsp. (= small saabudu)
bookmarksambagidaa
savini
adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
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