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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkanaa ai loo
those then are
bookmarkau hebaledage
noun a confluence of ocean currents (on the surface only)
bookmarkbaadunga
noun punishment
bookmarkbaasanga tugi ange muna
talk back
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkbabu
adjective the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)
bookmarkbae
verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)
bookmarkbasalia
verb be talked about (one person or thing only)
bookmarkbau
adjective to be worth it
bookmarkboo adu laa
day after tomorrow at night
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdae de lodo
be satisfied completely
bookmarkdaemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdahuli de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdangada gai dangada
cannibal
bookmarkdao me hholu
noun arrow (for a bow)
bookmarkdauaadea
verb clear (with nothing in the way); unobstructed; cleared (of obstructions)
bookmarkde hine dabeo
a menstruating woman
bookmarkde hua nei
this size
bookmarkdee gamalie
adjective do very attentively
bookmarkdelaa ai huu
that was it (as before)
bookmarkdenaa loo
that was the one
bookmarkdiinei de lodo
become calmer (after being angry)
bookmarkditidi
adjective to skim across the surface of land or water
bookmarkdoo ade
dulagi sala
adjective bad situation; presenting a poor appearance (esp. when ill)
bookmarkduu gaha
noun a large piece of gaha (used for mili gaadinga), or from which sennit fibers are obtained)
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduubulei
noun head of the penis
bookmarkea
adjective to surface (while swimming); to be on the surface of the water; stop swimming
bookmarkege age
raise up (something) from its previous trajectory
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgau lama
noun rachis of the coconut leaf
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gelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkgumedi hadu
noun
a bowl (pottery)
hagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
verb make boxes
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamaanadu
verb remember,remind
bookmarkhagamaasei ange
make smaller (away from one)
bookmarkhagamele
verb
hagatanu iho
verb take a nap
bookmarkhagauea
verb a sleeping mat
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhailu
verb wipe oneself (after defecating)
bookmarkhakaa tuai
adjective to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhale de henua
hano ahe
adjective echo
bookmarkhhano
verb wash one’s own hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhie unu
thirsty
bookmarkhonu ssele
noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkkano mouli
adjective fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarkliholiho
noun string twirled from coconut fiber, sennit
bookmarklongoaa
adjective <= longaa>
bookmarklou
verb a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick (breadfruit), pull down
bookmarkmada agamu
noun the essential design features of tuai
bookmarkmada libia
verb a very sharp point
bookmarkmadalua maa dolu
number twenty three
bookmarkmadania teu ngaloto
noun middle finger
bookmarkmalua
noun vagina
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmanu-gadi-niho
noun
plantsp.
mau
adjective to finish defecating
bookmarkme osi
noun a coconuttree seedling
bookmarkmoaga
noun fishsp.: goatfish
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muu
adjective utter (words or sounds), reply (tosomeone)
bookmarkmuu-madagao
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarknngahu
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
bookmarktegi
adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)
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