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alodahi hugadoo
everything, everybody; each and every
bookmarkanaa ai huu
those only then
bookmarkbaa donu
adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)
bookmarkbaieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkboo dolu de gulu
the third day after breadfruit has been picked (after which it is not good to eat)
bookmarkbuni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkdaa hagasaalei
verb make a striped design in tatooing
bookmarkdaane e manege
noun a person who is capable at almost anything
bookmarkdabuvae madua
noun big toe
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdau mamu
verb the season in which fish are abundant
bookmarkdau masa
noun the season during which tides are lowest
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)
bookmarkdiidegaehala
noun the sixth child of a couple
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)
bookmarkdogia
verb be wet from the rain
bookmarkdogoduli
adjective crouch on all fours
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusksp: a bivalve sp.
bookmarkdoo de ssui
still damp (but becoming dry)
bookmarkdoo sala
adjective accidentally
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgage de henua
invade
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgapua
verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagadeeai
verb refuse to
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagapale
verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai dangada
adjective the relationship between relatives, related (of persons)
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhakii gee
<= kii gee>
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhano laa
previous
bookmarkhhedu
verb fold up (several folds), roll up
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkhinangalomalie
adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world
bookmarkholomanga
noun throat
bookmarkhua ai
be inchargeof
bookmarkhulu
adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)
bookmarkiai
adjective be (present),have,there is...
bookmarkiai maalie
adjective just about right
bookmarkkala
adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.
bookmarkkena
noun pale; whitish yellow
bookmarklaagau hagadauaadea
noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it
bookmarklau ngago
noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkmaaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa haa
number fourteen
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagi haahine
menstruation
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmalo gulu
noun
barkcloth
mangeo
verb a large sore (on the body); a blemish (on the skin)
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
noun a jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower (burrows into the sand when touched)
bookmarkme duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkme naa gi...
I wish that...
bookmarkmmao
adjective far,distant
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmulu gudu
verb grab while pulling; destroy by falling on or through; break through any obstacles in one’s path
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarknoho
verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated
bookmarknoho donu
adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)
bookmarkoo
adjective shout
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarkse aha
what is it
bookmarksio
waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktangada ssele
stupid ass!
bookmarkvaivai
intensifier too; overly
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