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aha naa
let’s (later)
bookmarkahe age
start again, reoccur
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkbadai gee
extremely meddlesome
bookmarkbaguu
adjective fall over (as a felled tree); tip over; lean (in one direction)
bookmarkbasalia
verb seep (of water)
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkdaaligi
verb do something seriously; be moved about; a jerky movement, caused by the wind (e.g., the flapping of a sail); work seriously
bookmarkdaaligidia
verb to have been moved about by the wind
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdaga
verb go from one place to another in a group
bookmarkdagabuli
verb gather together in a group
bookmarkdagahia de agau
reef which has been trampled previously by lobster hunters (and therefore is poor for lobstering)
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdalaa muna
noun word,phrase
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdama iai
noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdau dinae
noun a period during which many women arepregnant at the same time
bookmarkdee haaoa i de gai
gluttonous
bookmarkdee hai gee
be tied (e.g., in a footrace)
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdenaa ange maalie
that is exactly right
bookmarkdoli age
adjective obtain the smallest first
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdoloinui
adjective
a hard lump inside a female’s stomach
dona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkdoo ade
doo sala
adjective accidentally
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
bad-mannered
bookmarkgada-moana
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgaha nuui
adjective having green coconuts (of a coconut tree)
bookmarkgaso
roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgasogo
verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
gili dabeo
verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgini manu
verb pick flowers
bookmarkguba
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)
bookmarkhaanau
verb born, be
bookmarkhadi aho
adjective
hagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
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hagaditidi vae dahi
hop on one foot
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagamoolau
verb hurry,rush
bookmarkhannoo kaba
go now, right away beat it
bookmarkhano kaba
adjective go immediately
bookmarkhano muhuu loo
let’s see...
bookmarkhhagi gee
turn away from (to avoid),veer
bookmarkhhou
verb insist upon
bookmarkhua
verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)
bookmarkhua-laagau
noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)
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hue
noun plantsp.: vine sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkhungi
verb tricks of self-defense (some of which are like judo or karate)
bookmarkio dua
noun the upper io
bookmarkise-ngaio
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarkkobu
adjective splash (once)
bookmarklagalagai
verb a method of plating coconut palm fronds
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
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mada mmea
dark red
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmadangi
noun air
bookmarkmadangi danuaa
noun fresh air
bookmarkmadegi
adjective be jerked
bookmarkmago
adjective bad weather (high wind or rain, or rough seas)
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
manu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
mele
verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech
bookmarkmmade aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkmua iho (age)
adjective next above (below)
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngavesi haangoda
fishing tackle box
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarkniho ngalo
noun molarteeth, wisdomteeth
bookmarknnoo hagamau me
insatiably acquisitive
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkodaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpono age de manava
be unable to breathe
bookmarksavini gee
run away
bookmarksebugi
numeral billions
bookmarksee
adjective
barely, just barely
ssabe
adjective leave,go away
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