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adumodu
noun group of islets; atoll (collection of islets)
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkanaa huu
those only are the ones
bookmarkbadai
adjective meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbeaha
adjective to be in a serious condition, critically ill or injured
bookmarkbini gaahanga
verb three-ply braiding (of rope)
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
boli
verb take special care of
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbuu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagalia
verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdama de gaehala
noun a raincloud (dropping its rain) seen in the distance
bookmarkdamana
noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkde ahiahi danua
good evening
bookmarkdegi
verb to jerk; get something quickly
bookmarkdelaa maa
that there was about (approximately)
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdenaa laa ()
that is it there (is that it there)
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdoo lalo
verb unsuccessful
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkduudanga daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object(such as a mat)
bookmarkgaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgaalau
noun birdsp.: brownbooby
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgai lima lua
eat greedily (with both hands)
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgalo-gila
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkgalubu
a type of toy
bookmarkgasia
verb worthwhile,important,valuable
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgideu
noun plantsp.: fern sp.
bookmarkgii talinga
adjective tinnitus
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkgoobai-o-lillo
noun mollusk sp.: trochus
bookmarkhadi haho
adjective steep (inclination)
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagahale
verb begin to form (of a situation)
bookmarkhagammau
adjective poisonous
bookmarkhagamuliagi
verb cause to be last
bookmarkhagatanu iho
adjective take a nap
bookmarkhai sseu
verb wasteful
bookmarkhaigabungi
adjective act strangely, act shyly
bookmarkhedae
adjective meet up with; be even with each other
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhidu-laangi
time noun sunday (’seventh day’)
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhoea
verb covered with sunburn blisters
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklegia
noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)
bookmarkllidi
adjective dressup (esp. in new or very fancyclothes)
bookmarklodo baageaa
adjective weak-willed, easily tempted; excitedeasily by the opposite sex
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkmaanadu iho
adjective think about oneself
bookmarkmaanga-de-langi
noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)
bookmarkmadahuuhua
verb pimple
bookmarkmalanga
adjective
lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from
moa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmolo
noun a noose for fishing
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknao baasua
verb to collect baasua
bookmarkniho kangi
noun tusk
bookmarkonge
verb famine
bookmarkono-samono
time noun the sixth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarksaalingaa nui
noun the rainwater which flows down a bent coconut tree (collected for drinking)
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarksiilinga a muna
trial or formal inquiry
bookmarkssahu
adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)
bookmarksseu
push violently
bookmarktama hagai
poor fellow!
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
bookmarkuuvae
feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth
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