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alaa ange huu
that there
alaa dagodo
those there are the circumstances...
bookmarkanaa ange
and these (there)
bookmarkanei ai
these (here) only
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkbalia
adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkdaane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdagua-loa
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdama daane
adjective boy, young man
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdanuaa ange
goodfor, better than
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdiba
adjective not level, tipped to one side
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdiibanga o de henua
the categories of ancient custom
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdino boo
noun nights (2) when the full moon appears just after sunset
bookmarkduiaanga
noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object
bookmarkduu-baeao
noun fishsp.: filefish
bookmarkege
verb raise up (so that higher)
bookmarkgaadinga osi
a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgaanoni
noun
an omen of death
gabi
verb hold something between two (or more)other things; grab (between other things, e.g., fingers)
bookmarkgabinivali
a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgaligi
adjective covered all over with
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ginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgobegobe
adjective cough (repeatedly)
bookmarkgolomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagadahea
verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe
bookmarkhagahaigamaiana
verb treat as important
bookmarkhagahula
noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagailoo
verb announce
bookmarkhagamadia
adjective show-off
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagammau
adjective poisonous
bookmarkhagamoolaua
verb cause to hurry
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhai sseu
verb wasteful
bookmarkhale lau
noun thatch-roofed house (of pandanus leafthatch)
bookmarkhanngoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll).
bookmarkhilo hagamaadau
verb
to braid sennit with the right hand;
hoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
bookmarkhoosenga
adjective shy,embarrassed,bashful
bookmarkkave gi de mahi
obtain by force
bookmarkkii ange tanuaa
verb to make something better; to better
bookmarklaangidabu
time noun sunday
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarkma hee
where else
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmaalama
verb light (not dark),bright
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmabu
adjective rested
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lua
number twelve
bookmarkmagau donu i de lodo
want desperately
bookmarkmanga lua tae
noun cleft in the buttocks
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmatoloia
a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit
bookmarkmoni sulu
submarine
bookmarkmoosugia
verb ripened unevenly (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkmuna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarkmuu-madavai
noun fishsp. (rare)
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkoda
noun grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed
bookmarkonge
famine
bookmarksabo
verb do slowly
bookmarksai moni
a fleet of canoes
bookmarksali
adjective flow, seep
bookmarksaulaba
noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
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