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aadea moana
adjective unobstructed
bookmarkaamanu
verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead
bookmarkadumua
verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver
bookmarkao age
daybreak (become daylight)
bookmarkbaasi gi taiao
forenoon (from dawn to noon)
bookmarkbaieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbalu malau
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbido dagi
follow in order to spy on
bookmarkbigi
adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)
bookmarkboaanga
noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkboo gi dua
the period when the quarter moon appears in the east just before sunrise
bookmarkbugolo
noun coral sp.: faviid coral
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
dagihia
how many for each
bookmarkdagodo be --
it seems that...
bookmarkdangolia
verb grabbed, fallen upon
bookmarkdao
noun a method of calculating the relative maturity of coconuts by comparing the size of the upper (immature) ones on the tree with the lower (mature) ones; the second of a pair (e.g., dao dogai)
bookmarkdao
noun spear, branch of
bookmarkdau manu
verb flock of birds (feeding on a school of fish)
bookmarkdee maeva
not present, absent
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkduu-mmea
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkduulua
noun jack (fish sp); large alaala
bookmarkga-hudi
noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree; banana (fruit)
bookmarkgaaui i tao
a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear
bookmarkgaini
any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgaisaa
verb wasteful in preparing food,uneconomical
bookmarkgau bini baalanga
an iron rod
bookmarkgau hadu
noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgauligi daane
male child, boy
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgulunieli
noun plantsp.
bookmarkhagabaangoa
verb causing prostration
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagahana iho
adjective recook for a little while
bookmarkhagalloba ange
to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkhagamuli
verb be late, tarry
bookmarkhagaodea
verb the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagasaa
adjective quarrel (like children)
bookmarkhagatulu mai
ooze out
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkheloongoi
adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another
bookmarkhenuu
placenta
bookmarkhilo ange
mix with
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkhola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
bookmarkholiagi
verb
hoolu
noun prow (bottom part)
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishingpole
bookmarki de baasi
concerning; at the behest of;under the auspices of
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
noun pelvicbone
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklanga de ivi
a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarkllibo ange luu vae
run
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmaanegabo
energetic
bookmarkmada-galadi
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmagamagalil ~ magalillili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmahedu
adjective folded up,rolled up
bookmarkmahi loa
adjective tireless
bookmarkmala
bald
bookmarkmalino
adjective calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmmala
bitter; sour; unlucky
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmodu mai (adu, ange)
become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession
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mou
noun
agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;
niho vainu
milk teeth, deciduous teeth
bookmarkolo
an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit
bookmarkpono
verb to close
bookmarksae de hadu
make a grater (by punching holes insheet metal)
bookmarksali ssavale
salivate
bookmarksangatai
mollusk, Spondylus
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktubuna daane
noun grandfather
bookmarkua
noun neck
bookmarkulumonu
porpoise
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
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