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au ga humai nei
"i’m going on my way now..."
bookmarkbapaba
adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)
bookmarkbasa pada
adjective speak harshly
bookmarkbii o madahasi
a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night
bookmarkbiigonga
noun a curve, way of being bent
bookmarkbodubodu
verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbuu-ili
noun fish sp.
bookmarkdaangahulu dala buni
ten dollar bill
bookmarkdala-hagalulu-madangi
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdelaa ange naa
about that
diidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdoloinui
adjective
a hard lump inside a female’s stomach
duge
noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkduudae baa
the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkgau
verb lymphnodes (enlarged)
bookmarkgelgele dea
sand
bookmarkgoe iloo
it’s up to you
bookmarkgoloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkhaa lodo
noun the inner coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagabigo de ngago
fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put (someone) into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagadalabaimanugadele
verb
hagadanuaa
verb make good, lead a good life
bookmarkhagao ngadaa
adjective expensive
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhagauu
verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)
bookmarkhai dubuna
adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild
bookmarkhai maa
relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse
bookmarkhanga-mea
noun
hano ahe
echo
bookmarkhellumi de henua
mass confusion or panic
bookmarkhhoda
gasp for breath
bookmarkhulo gee
go away
hulu
adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)
bookmarkise ngaio
noun needlefish
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarkkona loo
too much
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarklodo basa
adjective talkative
bookmarklodo mao lunga
characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkluu dolodolo
noun the phosphorescence on both sides of the atoll channel, marking it at night
bookmarkmaanadu bodobodo
adjective limited in intelligence
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadangi danuaa
noun fresh air
bookmarkmadau-dalinga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmadohi
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point
bookmarkmanu somo
noun tree, plant
bookmarkmasulu de maasina
"a person has died."
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmmala
adjective bitter, sour; unlucky
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmoole
noun
nonu
verb filter,sift
bookmarkogo
noun the attachment of a clam to the reef
bookmarkoho age
the following morning
bookmarkolonoa
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarksabala
adjective willing to
bookmarksaga
adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)
bookmarksaniba
silversides
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksenga manu
stupid (like an animal)
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarksoe
adjective straight, not crooked; level
bookmarktaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for singular noun)
bookmarkubu hhoa
type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell
bookmarkvaiduu
lazy
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