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aalo
verb come by paddling
bookmarkangia
verb blow away, cause to move (in the water)
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbau
adjective to be worth it
bookmarkbugolo
noun coral sp.: faviid coral
bookmarkbuli
verb grab up
bookmarkbusi
verb blow (with the mouth)
bookmarkbuu unga
noun an empty seashell; one of (a pair of) diving goggles
bookmarkdaaloa
verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdahi i daho dangada
very popular
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdamana mai i daha
stepfather
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally stretched (of two or more ropes)
bookmarkdee abo
uncomfortable (esp. socially)
bookmarkdolu-inoha
time noun the third number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdoonga a lima
one’s own tools, or tools with which one is familiar
bookmarkdugi de lodo
to fish in various places (in the lagoon) in order to catch as many fish (of any kind) as possible
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkduulanga
noun the sector from which the wind blows
bookmarkeleele
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgaegaehala
adjective a growth of still immature breadfruiton trees
bookmarkgage gaahanga
verb to climb a coconut tree, using gaahanga
bookmarkgahaalava
adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)
bookmarkgailalopoli
adjective stingy
bookmarkgeu gee
to jerk one’s head away from something
bookmarkgili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkgima
noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)
bookmarkgolee bugaliaa
hadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagadama
verb to treat as a child
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagahana age
recook for several days
bookmarkhagaheohi
verb to correct (someone or something)
bookmarkhagaholi
verb begin to form (something)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
inexpensive
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai donu
adjective
do properly by accident; do on purpose
hai me a gauligi
a childish act
bookmarkhailu
verb wipe oneself (after defecating)
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhakoloa
verb provide goloa for; support(someone, with material things)
bookmarkhale duu biho
barbershop
bookmarkhili de hau
make a hau
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkina-gi-hale
a row of thatch
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklaamasee
noun a divination result indicating good fortune
bookmarklaangai milo sanga
a fishing condition in which fish arenot inclined to bite
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklaosedi
noun seawater
bookmarklau kena
adjective leaves (or hair) which have lost theirnatural healthy color
bookmarkleengia
verb jump on; be flown into
bookmarkllama
verb fish for flying fish (at night)
bookmarklongaa
adjective annoyed by noise
bookmarkloua ama
verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged
bookmarklua-laangi
time noun tuesday (’second day’)
bookmarkmaadau gina
noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)
bookmarkmaalie ange
a little later
bookmarkmaanetonu
adjective act cautiously
bookmarkmanava duuia
adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkme hanga dalogo
ingredients of dalogo
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmmahi
adjective strong, strength, force, power,energy
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmomme hagassoe
noun court (of law)
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmuli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarkngago gaagoo
noun chicken egg
bookmarkngahui
noun
tens of coconuts
ngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarknnoa nounu
verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck; punishment
bookmarksao gainga
adjective sweep or cleanup trash
bookmarksii tae
adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarkssaga bau
tainadaane madua
noun elder brother
bookmarktalinga
noun ear
bookmarktilo buna
noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)
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