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aaunga
noun the incompletely burned earth oven fuel remaining when the oven is uncovered
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa donu
those only
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbaasi masui
adjective left side, left-handed
bookmarkbadabaatai
adjective
bole gi de gai
eat ravenously
bookmarkbualeu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaa
verb
to make a sharp turn
daa hhali
verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdangada ngauda
adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdiihagaai
noun the eighth child of a couple
bookmarkdilo gaiaa
verb sneak a look
bookmarkdoli iho
adjective to obtain the biggest first
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkgaini
any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkhaangoda de lodo
to fish in the lagoon
bookmarkhadi bodo
noun breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhagaasanga
verb to create aasanga
bookmarkhagabala
verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)
bookmarkhagadau vaasuu
adjective be attracted to or like each other(of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagadolu (ina)
verb make a total of three
bookmarkhagaduugau
verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs
bookmarkhagahala
noun a sleeping mat
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard as fast as possible
bookmarkhagamaiana
adjective
hagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagammuni iho
adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)
bookmarkhagapago sala
adjective unfortunate result
bookmarkhagapili
adjective boring
bookmarkhagasabala
verb talk (someone) into (something)
bookmarkhagatau
verb arrange (in order), a program; name one after another; refuse to do one’s part because of someone else’s actions
bookmarkhagauda de hau
put on a hau
bookmarkhagi me
adjective pick coconuts
bookmarkhai dauaa
verb be in a wrinkled condition
bookmarkhai de ama
to have a spouse
bookmarkhai me hagamadia
behave in a more-or-less show-off manner
bookmarkhai sumu
verb having a diamond-shaped decoration or form, etc.
bookmarkhakiia
verb move (something) away completely
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spirits into human form
bookmarkhano goe
see what i told you
bookmarkhanolia
verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)
bookmarkhua-laagau
noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarklaavasi
noun meat (or fish, or seafood) which issuitable as food
bookmarklabodo-uli
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarklibi
verb do rapidly (esp. a repeated action done energetically)
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarkllidi
adjective dressup (esp. in new or very fancyclothes)
bookmarkmaanadu iho
adjective think about oneself
bookmarkmada nnui
adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)
bookmarkmalinongia
verb be calmed (e.g., seas)
bookmarkmasaala
verb clear-headed
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkmoosee
verb not quite cooked (of anything but fish)
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarknabe
to look under the waistband or belt
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngaio
needlefish
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkngani
adjective going around in a complete circle (likea belt)
bookmarknui hoohoa
noun
a coconut tree trunk incised with steps
puugunga
noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksaniba
silversides
bookmarksao gainga
adjective sweep or cleanup trash
bookmarksaunga
adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor
bookmarksenga
crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarksigi de hagahala
collection (in church), offering (in chrch), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksingano
the flower of a pandanus tree
bookmarksseni
tangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
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