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abitala
noun eave (of a house)
bookmarkago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkaladi
verb initiate, begin
bookmarkbaa huu i --
just like
bookmarkbadodi
verb to jerk to a stop (as at the end of a tether); stumble, trip (fall)
bookmarkbangi
noun a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit
bookmarkbasa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdama de bialodo
noun
deformed foetus
dangada gohu
noun ignorant person
bookmarkdangada ulu
noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well
bookmarkdangalebu
verb rough or choppy sea condition
bookmarkdao
noun spear, branch of
bookmarkdao bou
noun ridgepole support (end)
bookmarkdau mamu
verb the season in which fish are abundant
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdaula de boo
noun a rope carried in the canoe (esp. at night) for anchoring or tying canoes together in case of strong wind
bookmarkdelaa donu
that there is it for sure
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdoi
verb
stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps
dui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkduubaa
noun one half of an oyster shell
bookmarkeba
noun a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgaagose
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgabaea
to hang oneself
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkgalavagu
noun spongesp.
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgaleve
alcoholic beverage made from the coconut palm
bookmarkgali ange
wound around or tied or fastened very tightly
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgelu-hai-usu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgumedi de henua
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhadu me llanga
lay out plaited work
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadau bale
verb cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagahebaa ngudu
adjective converse (conversation)
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagalegunga
adjective showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagili
verb speak (or sing) with phelgm in one’s throat
bookmarkhai ngaohie
adjective easy
bookmarkhano muhuu loo
let’s see...
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhua ai
be inchargeof
bookmarkhulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkhulu manu
noun feathers
bookmarkianga
verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkkona loo
too much
bookmarklaagii
noun decoration,ornamentation
bookmarklau kohu
adjective
growing well (of plants)
levango
adjective fight
bookmarkloba
noun a type of mat
bookmarkmaadai
noun a cult official (who looked after the cult-house)
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmada gapua
noun lagoonward part of a gapua
bookmarkmadi
verb to add organic material to the taro bog
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkme hagasahu vai
gutter (under the eaves of a house)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarksaba
verb capable (of a person)
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarksaunga
adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarkvaasuu ai
vaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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