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aloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkbagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
benu
noun a pandanus plug after it has been chewed; seed of the pandanus
bookmarkboobua
noun dragonfly
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdagabuli
verb gather together in a group
bookmarkdagua-bodo
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdama doo
noun a foetus which has been aborted
bookmarkdaogoli
noun plantsp.: swamptaro(cyrtosperma chamissonis), also the corm of this plant
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdegi ange
forgive (someone),pardon (someone)
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdoo de gai me
miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
adjective bad-mannered
bookmarkduasivi
noun the back of the spine
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduu gee
adjective out of alignment
bookmarkduu uli
noun sea cucumber species
bookmarkduugia i de gai
be tired of eating a particular kind of food
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarke dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarkgaaui
verb a line (for retrieving) attached to a spear; assemble (something from parts) byfastening together; strap, harness
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgamalie
adjective do attentively
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgau-me
noun gill (of a fish)
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giidagi
verb relish (meat or fish, or something substituting for meat or fish, eaten with taro, etc.)
bookmarkgona
noun belly button
bookmarkhaa lodo
verb the inner coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaa-laangi
time noun
thursday
haa-malama
time noun
april
hadi
adjective broken (as a stick), bent up
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagadama
verb treat as a child
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagahaangoda
verb to teach to fish
bookmarkhagahana ange
recook for a very little while
bookmarkhagaheohi
verb to correct (someone or something)
bookmarkhagahidi i tege
to throw a wrestler using one’s hip
bookmarkhagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
verb attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamabu
verb rest, relax, quit (a job)
bookmarkhagammene dua
verb go backwards (esp. a canoe)
bookmarkhagammidi
noun suction of a sea current, undertow.
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work
bookmarkhagasula tangada
adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position
bookmarkhai taelodo
adjective obtain something in great number
bookmarkhale dabeo
noun menstrualhut
bookmarkhauala
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhhela
verb spread one’s legs wide apart at one time
bookmarkhhoa de usu
to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhonu kadi
adjective filled up completely (with solids); full up (and tightly packed)
bookmarkhonua
verb filled with
bookmarkibu
noun
ivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
noun pelvicbone
bookmarkkaso
adjective
narrow
kona ange
become much worse
bookmarklaagau-doi
noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made
bookmarklaalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarklai
noun forehead
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmaingaa
adjective miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value
bookmarkmalo lau manu
cloth with a flowered pattern
bookmarkmalo sabo
noun breechclout
bookmarkmangoo-dahola
noun fishsp.: blacktipshark
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmanu-gili-maau
noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
noun a jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower (burrows into the sand when touched)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmuli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarknamu
noun mosquito
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarkogo
verb pick up one at a time (by hand)
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarksaibo saele
adjective rush around aimlessly (of a group of people)
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
ssema
jellyfish species
bookmarktainaahine o dogu bodu
noun sister-in-law
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
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