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aausanga
noun way of leaving a wake
bookmarkalaa muna
word <= dalaa muna>
bookmarkalaa nei
those now
bookmarkbedage
verb shallow (bowl, basket, etc.)
bookmarkboi
adjective
abnormal
dabula
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkdabuvae madua
noun big toe
bookmarkdagodo gee (ma)
another thing altogether;different (from); recuperating (after an illness)
bookmarkdahola
verb fish, hunt (at night)
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
bookmarkdamana
noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship
bookmarkdaogave
noun a type of coconut tree
bookmarkdaohi taelodi
adjective keep a record of
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdee adahaia
very; very bad
bookmarkdegi
adjective kind, generous, forgiving
bookmarkdenga meelaa
those ones over there (plural)
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiidiingia
verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdogoisi mai
adjective decreasing (in number)
bookmarkduu de gona
umbilical hernia
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
bookmarkgahao
noun plantsp.: treesp.: ochrosiatree(ochrosia oppositifolia (lam.) k. sch.)
bookmarkgainga o de moana
fish (when abundant in the ocean nearby)
bookmarkgammenge-baabaa
noun mollusksp.: bursidae spp.
bookmarkgano agau
noun reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgau henua gee
foreigners (lit., ’people from other lands’)
bookmarkgede aola
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgemo
adjective fast, swift
bookmarkgodi mai
adjective a certain type of manipulation inplaying with string figures
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
hagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadae
verb to give a hand net to
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagahaigabungi
verb make shy
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagailangi-bangi
noun a type of prepared food (bangi soaked in coconut milk)
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly, delay
bookmarkhagamuli
verb be late, tarry
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagaono (ina)
verb make a total of six
bookmarkhai de biho
verb act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhai gai
adjective prepared food; cook food
bookmarkhai huaame
punctilious, be particular
bookmarkhakaa tuai
adjective to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhugadoo
unclassified all (of things)
bookmarkkaa
adjective a type of sound, made to attract birds
bookmarkkona loo
too much
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarklanga
verb lift, raise up; copy out (by hand); ship from one place to another
bookmarklodo dama
verb immature in affect
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective happy
bookmarkmahanasia
verb heated
bookmarkmai moni
a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkmaido
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
massogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmee mmala
noun gallbladder
bookmarkmmulu
verb stroke,rub gently
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkngali
grind
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarknguu
noun squid (3 types)
bookmarknoho moso
able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)
bookmarkoda
grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed
bookmarkpaa
adjective explode,burst
bookmarkpuugunga
noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances
bookmarksaaluanga
noun a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksalaa
noun fishsp.: flyingfish
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarkse agoo
adept at
bookmarkseaamonga
noun a unit of (twenty) coconuts for makinghuaahuu
bookmarksiva llau
number nine hundred
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarkssuugulu
noun school
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarktee langi
noun sky
bookmarktogo dahi
first
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