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abadai
european
aligi
adjective priest (of a cult)
bookmarkanei dagodo
these are the circumstances...
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkbalu malau
noun fish sp.
bookmarkboogia mai
be caught doing something wrong
bookmarkboolaa
adjective a type of sound, indicating surprise
bookmarkdaa (dau)
chanting (of old chants)
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdaemaha
adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagodo mai
appear from yonder
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdao huge
verb to open an earth oven as soon as the food is cooked
bookmarkdee hagabaulia
underestimate,misjudge
bookmarkdenga meenaa
those ones (plural)
bookmarkdiidegaehala
noun the sixth child of a couple
bookmarkdinae o ssaiolo
<= dinae o de laa>
bookmarkdodi
adjective have a limp (physical condition)
bookmarkdogoisi loo huu
very few
bookmarkdogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food made from taro
bookmarkga-hudi
noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree; banana (fruit)
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
noun trapezeidcrab
bookmarkgaigai a usu
flatus
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgalua
verb having viscous sputum
bookmarkgamalie
adjective do attentively
bookmarkgano moana
noun open sea, far away from any land
bookmarkgasa
adjective run aground
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkhagabau
verb measure, calculate,estimate
bookmarkhagadau-me
adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue
bookmarkhagadaudoo
adjective compete to see who is stronger
bookmarkhagadeai
verb cause to become non-existent
bookmarkhagaheiangi
verb act smart (openly)
bookmarkhagaingoo ai
called by (named)
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagamou
verb include in a mou
bookmarkhagasebaga
verb make a total of ten billion
bookmarkhagausi
verb darkening of the sky or clouds (a sign of impending rain)
bookmarkhai dahi heohi
maintain one’s position in an argument(against contrary positions)
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai huaame
punctilious, be particular
bookmarkhai me hagamadia
behave in a more-or-less show-off manner
bookmarkhale dabeo
noun menstrualhut
bookmarkhau singano
noun garland of singano
bookmarkhoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
bookmarklaagau-bala-uda
noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)
bookmarklo te hebagi
during the war
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkluu hadu a moidigi
noun stone-like organs in the top of the head of flying fish
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa ono
number sixteen
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmalau ngudu
noun labia (vulva)
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmaua laa
nevermind
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkme tao
noun dye
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmuna hhadu
noun lie (falsehood)
bookmarkmusu
verb whisper(ing)
bookmarkmuu
noun fishsp.: snapper (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkngadi uaa
adjective assent to insincerely
bookmarkngii
verb a high-pitched sound
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarknguu
adjective a faint sound, like humming
bookmarknngie
noun plantsp.: crepemyrtleshrub(pemphis acidula forst.)
bookmarknoho hagamaaiongi
adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkono-malama
time noun june (’sixth month’)
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarksila
look for
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
somo dae
noun fully mature coconutapple
bookmarksou hahine
noun a steady, light gust of wind
bookmarktaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for singular noun)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun paternal uncle
bookmarkuli
adjective black
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