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aahulu
verb to leave food cooking overnight
bookmarkabongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkabuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkbaalasi saele
shine a flashlight indiscriminately on people
bookmarkbahhaa
adjective to make a sound, like that of a turtle gasping for breath; the sound of air exhaled suddenly
bookmarkbuni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdaahanga
verb fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdangage age
adjective raise up one’s head from a lowered position
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdauagi
verb dry in the sun
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdoga de manu
nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu
bookmarkdona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkdoo me
verb plant things
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkduu o de hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkgai ngaadahi
adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population
bookmarkgana
bad person
bookmarkgauasa
noun the pectoral fin of a fish and the surrounding flesh
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoo
adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)
bookmarkgoobai lau
noun a hat made from pandanus leaves
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkhagaanu
verb cause to dance or sway
bookmarkhagadaula
verb to anchor
bookmarkhagadubu mangoo
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu me
miserly
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagahulu
verb make a total of ten
bookmarkhagailonga
verb sign,mark,signal,omen
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagao baubau
adjective low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhagapigi saele
adjective go around with someone constantly
bookmarkhagapogo
verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up
bookmarkhai muna
adjective public meeting
bookmarkhale o de henua
community meeting house
bookmarkhallaba
noun the base of a palm frond spine; rifle
bookmarkhua-ala
noun flower
bookmarkilo
noun worm
bookmarkkolu de henua
pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklludu
verb take all (of something)
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarklodo manege
adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkma tuai
noun coconut grater blade
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmadaa gamu
noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai
bookmarkmadaa sele
noun loop of a lasso or noose
bookmarkmadalua maa dolu
number twenty three
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmaisi
adjective peeled off
bookmarkmanongi
adjective fragrant; fragrance (esp. of flowers or perfume)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmao lunga
adjective high,high-ranking
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarkngadi seesee
adjective walk barefoot,stroll
bookmarkngaio
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksaga
adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarkse galubu
very fast
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu bodu
noun brother in law
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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