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aalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkaamuli
noun descendants (in all inferior generations)
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkboaa
verb be caught in a storm
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkdaa (dau)
chanting (of old chants)
bookmarkdaabeduge adu ange
take a lot of
bookmarkdaane honu
noun a person of many accomplishments
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activities,religious activities
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dango
noun cat’s-eye (of a shell); operculum of a gastropod
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdeai me ao ai
useless
bookmarkdee gagu
adjective uncouth
bookmarkdenei ai
therefore (with respect to this here)
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdubua
noun a person of extraordinary ability
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgai me
adjective eat food
bookmarkhaale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhaangoda ina
<= haangodalia>
bookmarkhagabigobigo
verb wiggle
bookmarkhagadau doolohi
verb chase each other
bookmarkhagadubuna
verb treat as dubuna
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagahala
a sleeping mat
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagaingoo
verb give a name to, named, called
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagallongo de lau nui
to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagasaele age
adjective make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)
bookmarkhagasahu
verb to catch water (in something)
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work
bookmarkhai ange
do to; do for, fix; say to
bookmarkhai madangi
adjective passwind (flatus)
bookmarkhale hadu
noun a house of brick or cement construction
bookmarkhasi
verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk
bookmarkhine duuhua
noun unmarried girl
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkina gi hale
noun a row of thatch
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklaagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklangona
adjective heard,felt
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarkluu ogu
pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmadamada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmagona
adjective extraordinary,outstanding,unusual
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmanu laosedi
noun seaanimal; marineinvertebrates
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkme duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkme hagaahulu
prepared food
bookmarkmilosanga
the way in which a current flows
bookmarkmoigaga
noun fibers of the coconut husk
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoho mai (adu, ange)
resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)
bookmarkoda
eat something raw
bookmarkouaa
adjective yes certainly
bookmarkpoo
adjective grab or catch in a single act
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thighbone
bookmarksengaa
numeral tens of millions
bookmarksila
verb look for
bookmarksilivaahea
wander about with no fixed abode
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
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tamana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandfather
bookmarktangada ssele
stupid ass!
bookmarkuli
adjective black
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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