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verb learn, teach
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkbagekege
verb move jerkily (as when stumbling)
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
bugaliaa
bulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaaea
noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)
bookmarkdaemahaanga
noun heaviness,sadness,unhappiness
bookmarkdahea gi lalo
sink (completely)
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdee hagabaulia
underestimate,misjudge
bookmarkdenei ai
therefore (with respect to this here)
bookmarkdoga de manu
nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu
bookmarkdogi hoda
noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like
bookmarkdolo
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkduasala
adjective hardship,difficulty
bookmarkduiaanga
noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkduu de gona
umbilical hernia
bookmarkduuaa
verb to be in trouble
bookmarkduusaba
noun a type of musical instrument (a stretched palm leaf jiggled while blown against)
bookmarkgai de henua
noun native food (not imported)
bookmarkgai modo
verb eat when still unripe
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkganimago
noun mollusksp.: malea pomum
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgoluu
pronoun you (dual)
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)
bookmarkhagabuulei
verb put a ring on (someone)
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagamalo
verb provide clothes for
bookmarkhagammene dua
verb go backwards (esp. a canoe)
bookmarkhagaodi
verb end of (e.g., time)
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasau madangi
verb to be exposed to the wind
bookmarkhagasoa
verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber
bookmarkhagasomo de alelo
stickout one’s tongue
bookmarkhai de biho
act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhakide gauligi
adjective spoil children
bookmarkhano de leebunga
run (of a color); fade (of a color)
bookmarkhedaadoi
adjective collide
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhhola
verb hola at one time
bookmarkhulu
noun
hair (on the body)
iholia
verb useful for climbing down
bookmarklaangaa
verb to plait completely
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
lluhe
noun plantsp.: swordfern (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmada-galadi
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa valu
number eighteen
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadea
verb identify,recognize
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmalala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalala
noun charcoal
bookmarkmanavasaa
adjective scared; afraid
bookmarkmatoloia
a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit
bookmarkmmala
adjective sour; bitter
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmouli danuaa
easy living, a good life
bookmarkmuna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarknamu
noun mosquito
bookmarkngadi vai
noun a coconut shell used for water storage(on fishing trips)
bookmarkngii
verb a high-pitched sound
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
verb charlatan
bookmarkoda
verb eat (something) raw
bookmarkoohia
verb (for a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e., the tide not being so low that it is too shallow)
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksabalia
verb be in a situation in which saba1
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarkseni iho
adjective take a nap, stay overnight (away fromhome)
bookmarksobaga
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
bookmarkssili mada
to faint, be unconscious
bookmarksugi-laagoo
goatfish
bookmarktangada ssele
stupid ass!
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