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aasolo
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkadi
verb relate news or gossip
bookmarkaduhale
adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house
bookmarkageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkalaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkalahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkalomasige
adjective hasten to go or come
bookmarkau hebaledage
noun a confluence of ocean currents (on the surface only)
bookmarkava
adjective relief, be relieved
bookmarkbaageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbalu daaea
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmark
basa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbona
noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling
bookmarkboobua
noun dragonfly
bookmarkbuulou
verb cover up (by wrapping up with one layer); to catch by scooping up (e.g., with a net or basket)
bookmarkdaa hhali
verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.
bookmarkdahi ma dahi
each individual
bookmarkdalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdalaa manu
noun piece of broken glass
bookmarkdangada haangoda
noun fisherman
bookmarkdangolia
verb grabbed, fallen upon
bookmarkdaula gage
noun a rope used to assist the climber of a breadfruit tree
bookmarkdegi
verb to jerk; get something quickly
bookmarkdelaa ai
therefore (with respect to that there)
bookmarkdele de mahaa
starting to crack
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell
bookmarkdonu huu
only,just (no more than)
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkduu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarkduubulei
noun head of the penis
bookmarkduuli
verb surround
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgaadinga osi
a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgaha mea
adjective having orange coconuts (of a coconuttree)
bookmarkgapese
verb a method of pole fishing at night(on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgau laagau
noun the shaft of a spear
bookmarkgili langi
verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)
bookmarkgoloa de henua
noun gear of local manufacture
bookmarkgoloa haangdoa
noun fishing gear
bookmarkgoso
adjective bothered, annoyed
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadanuaa magavaa
adjective make peace between people, conciliate
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhaganaa
verb to calmdown someone who is excited orunhappy
bookmarkhagatanu iho
adjective take a nap
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhakauanga
noun a handle of something
bookmarkhano ahe
adjective echo
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhuaahuu
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkkii age
move upward; reach a certain age
bookmarklaagau-doi
noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made
bookmarklaho
aerial foot of the pandanus tree
bookmarklau kena
adjective leaves (or hair) which have lost theirnatural healthy color
bookmarkllaga
verb take a single step
bookmarklodo basa
adjective talkative
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmahola gimoo
adjective to have many dead animals (or fish) lying about
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmangoo-dahola
noun fishsp.: blacktipshark
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkme hakadanga
noun joke, jest; trick (a practical joke)
bookmarkmoosugia
verb ripened unevenly (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmouli danuaa
adjective easy living, a good life
bookmarkmule
adjective slow; late
bookmarknabe
verb to hook under the waistband or belt
bookmarkngadi gai
verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkngau hala
bite someone
bookmarknngaoa
verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarksaahea
adjective be caught (esp. fish) and secured
bookmarksebaga
numeral tens of billions
bookmarksemada
numeral tens of thousands
bookmarksili iho
adjective have just stopped; calmdown (of a person)
bookmarksoe lodo modu
to remain (or sit, or stand) motionless (as when praying)
bookmarksomo boi
adjective grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarksou hahine
noun a steady, light gust of wind
bookmarkssele i de niho
damn it!
bookmarktugi lima
noun elbow
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