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agiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkala galigi
noun a method of mat making
bookmarkamo
verb lift up
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbalangi
noun fish sp., tang
bookmarkbaledilo
verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear
bookmarkbangi dua beau
a certain way of pinching with the fingers
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbona
noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdagisoa
adjective many (people) at each (time or place, etc.)
bookmarkdahi ma dahi
each individual
bookmarkdahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdaia e tulidaa
urgency in micturation
bookmarkdama muli bee
noun the twelfth child born to a couple
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdau (umu)
noun a cover for an earth oven
bookmarkde heduu o taiao
noun morningstar
bookmarkdee haaoa i de gai
gluttonous
bookmarkdiiloo
verb look after; look at attentively
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkdonu
adjective understand; truth, right, correct
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkgai ngaadai
adjective <= gai ngaadahi>
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkgini
verb pick with one’s fingers; to pinch off, or pinch and pull at the same time
bookmarkgoo
noun tarospade
bookmarkhaelu
verb var. of hailu
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagadabena iho
adjective prepare oneself, make oneself ready
bookmarkhagallongo de lau nui
to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagapigi ange
stick1 against (something), go with someone
bookmarkhagasebaga
verb make a total of ten billion
bookmarkhagategi kano
adjective tickled (not sexually)
bookmarkhai dahi heohi
maintain one’s position in an argument(against contrary positions)
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhale i lodo
noun ribcage, thoraciccavity
bookmarkhano goe
see what i told you
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhoosenga ange
embarrassed by
bookmarkhulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkianga
verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
double-edged
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklaagii
noun decoration,ornamentation
bookmarklangaa lodo
adjective a sudden access of emotion
bookmarklau de alelo
be unable to speak clearly, owing to a stuttering problem
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
loeaa
noun a type of game
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lua
number twelve
bookmarkmahidi
adjective
separated from and curled up from
mahola gimoo
adjective to have many dead animals (or fish) lying about
bookmarkmamu
noun fish (generic term)
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu hao vai
noun a bottle (of glass)
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkme hagaahulu
noun prepared food
bookmarkme tao
dye
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarkmusu
verb whisper(ing)
bookmarkngae
mollusk
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngavesi
noun box,coffin,crate
bookmarkngole iho
adjective to use the biggest first
bookmarkoluu
pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)
bookmarkpanava
noun scrotum (one side only)
bookmarksabala
adjective willing to
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarksau alohenua
verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land
bookmarksigi de hagahala
a technique of finishing a mat edge
bookmarktahi-malama
noun January (’first month’)
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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