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aahee loo
when (distant future)
bookmarkaalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
basa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbole
adjective bawl out, be angry; be mad (as indicated by one’s movements)
bookmarkboolaa ange
say boolaa to
bookmarkbunibuni
adjective be more-or-less together
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
dagodoanga
noun expose oneself to the sun
bookmarkdalabaimanugadele
adjective sharp (as a knife)
bookmarkdale gaiaa
verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdangidangi keli
adjective beg, apologize, or ask permission in an insistent manner; pray fervently; beseech
bookmarkdaohi age
donate,contribute
bookmarkdili bala
adjective collapse (of persons)
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdola
adjective erection (of penis)
bookmarkdoo de --
transfer of a string figure from hand to hand
bookmarkdui moni
noun a fleet of canoes (in line)
bookmarkduulua
noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngauda
noun fishsp.: rudderfish
bookmarkgadunga
noun fire-plow
bookmarkgango
adjective burned (overcooked food)
bookmarkgede aola
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgogoo
adjective
goloa hai umu
noun implements and supplies needed in connection with use of the earth oven
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
verb critical of others
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaava ange
lean on someone for support
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadahea
verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe
bookmarkhagadania
verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit
bookmarkhagadogaa dangada
adjective embarrass people by one’s actions
bookmarkhagadolu (ina)
verb make a total of three
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagahana age
recook for several days
bookmarkhagaioo
verb cause to give
bookmarkhagakii dalinga
adjective producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something very sweet is eaten
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamadagu
verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)
bookmarkhagamadua
verb act like a grown-up (when still a child)
bookmarkhagamaiana
adjective
hagammidi
noun suction of a sea current, undertow.
bookmarkhagasugi
verb shorten, abbreviate; abbreviation, acronym, nickname
bookmarkhagatulu mai
ooze out
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai de ama
to have a spouse
bookmarkhhoa de usu
to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkholo gumi
adjective
kai, dalanga
story
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaaniha
adjective strongly desirous of
bookmarkmagini
a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmahagi
adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)
bookmarkmahuda age
wakeup
bookmarkmalo-ngiso
noun
driftwoodsp.
maluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga-i-lote-aasanga
noun serpentcucumber
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmmano
adjective thousands
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkngae
mollusk
bookmarkngudu aahua
islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarkniho hagadolo
noun incisor teeth
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarkpili
adjective boring
bookmarksai
noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)
bookmarksausau
noun fishsp.: lion-fish
bookmarksenga
adjective crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarksigi de hagahala
a technique of finishing a mat edge
bookmarksugi-laagoo
goatfish
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
bookmarkuhe
wasteful of taro when peeling it
bookmarkvalaai hagasili lodo
a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion
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