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aagonga i lalo
noun social class of those who know magic
bookmarkadi saele
adjective disseminate information
bookmarkanaa ai loo
those then are
bookmarkaoa
verb misshapen fruit
bookmarkau dili dai
an ocean current flowing away from land
bookmarkbaa i de madangi
be hit (usually forcefully) by wind
bookmarkbadabaatai
adjective
balagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbaluu
noun coconut crab
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bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkdaa taahili
adjective sing a melody
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdamaa me
adjective
small
dangalebu de me
bad weather
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdeai ma gi dahi
none at all as you should very well know
deeai
adjective
delaa ange naa
about that
diimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdolo-mea
noun spinystarfish
bookmarkdoloinui
adjective
a hard lump inside a female’s stomach
doo me
verb plant things
bookmarkdoo ngaage
adjective south wind
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkdumanu
noun appearance,situation
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of the canoe mast
bookmarkgai aha
and then what
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgava uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgiidagi
verb relish (meat or fish, or something substituting for meat or fish, eaten with taro, etc.)
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkgubu lima
hand, wrist
bookmarkgubu madila
noun a joint of bamboo
bookmarkhaanialo
verb a bracing cross-beam <>
bookmarkhadugolaa
noun
any stone of volcanic origin
hagaadaada
verb getting to be near daybreak
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagadau bale
verb cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagalleo
verb to produce many sounds
bookmarkhagasae gili
verb pierce the skin superficially
bookmarkhai bao
verb divided into compartments
bookmarkhale de henua
noun a house of indigenous construction (thatch)
bookmarkhale hadu
noun a house of brick or cement construction
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form
bookmarkhenga
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkhhoa de usu
to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkianga
verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger
bookmarkila
verb a mole (not raised) , or other permanent black spot on the skin
bookmarkkave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklau manu
noun leaf of a plant
bookmarkllabu
verb claw
bookmarkllobo
verb to put something in something else
bookmarklodo aheahe
adjective unstable temperamentally,inconstant
bookmarkloha
verb fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)
bookmarkmagau de laa
weakness of the sun’s rays (for drying)
magulu
adjective defeated
bookmarkmahola
adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)
bookmarkmana
noun supernatural power
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkme hagadaahao
noun toy
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmomme
noun a place
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkngaalulu
adjective a rattling or sloshing around inside(of something shaken)
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarkpaa iho
explode from above
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saga
adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)
bookmarksaganaa iho goe
watchout
bookmarksai moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarksamu
verb gossip,slander
bookmarksavini gee
run away
bookmarksomo boi
adjective grow abnormally (having defects)
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uaua vaaligi
noun capillary
bookmarkubu
noun cup
bookmarkvalagei
whip black coral
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