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aamanu
verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead
bookmarkadilo
noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire
bookmarkadugau daane
noun part of the plug of the pandanus
bookmarkahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkalaa maa
those there were about (approximately)
bookmarkalaa naa
those only
bookmarkalohanga
noun a streak of smooth water in the sea
bookmarkbooboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkbuu
adjective be greasy
bookmarkdaaloa
verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdahido lima
noun upper arm
bookmarkdale pilo
verb a game (like tag), to leave something unfinished after having tried only slightly
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dau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkdeai ange soo laangi
i’ll get you
bookmarkdee vaaseegina
hardly able to wait for
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
adjective bad-mannered
bookmarkdulagi ange
look like
bookmarkduu de --
adjective having plenty of
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduu nui
adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
gave hua podo
sprint (footrace of short distance)
bookmarkgea
noun hawksbillturtle
bookmarkgohu de me
become dark (with no natural light)
bookmarkgolee bugaliaa
gu gide huu
spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)
bookmarkgu odi mai ogu
i have done all i could
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagabiiginga
noun way of making sticky
bookmarkhagabolo
verb to include in one’s will
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadanuaa
verb make good, lead a good life
bookmarkhagadeai
verb cause to become non-existent
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamoe
verb put to bed
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhaiadaligi
noun the eldest child of the eldest child
bookmarkhanonga
noun trip1, journey
bookmarkhebuihagi
verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close
bookmarkhedogi
verb the sound of tapping
bookmarkhobulaa
adjective a sound uttered esp. when liftingsomething
bookmarkholi
shape of, form of
bookmarkhuaadangada
noun persons of a certain class or type
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
iga-adagahi
noun
fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)
kaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarkkala
adjective fragrance (esp. of food)
bookmarklau henua
verb waves of sufficient size to wash overall land on the atoll; tidalwave
bookmarklie
noun lice eggs
bookmarkmaadau gina
noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaanegabo
energetic
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
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magau i de hiigai
ravenous
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmagi haahine
adjective menstruation
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
manavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmangoo-dahola
noun fishsp.: blacktipshark
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
moe
adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkngaage
downtown.
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarkodi/b
adjective gone, finished, usedup
bookmarkoo
adjective fit to (or into)
bookmarksaavale
verb spit,drool,sputum
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksou hahine
noun a steady, light gust of wind
bookmarkssii
broken into many pieces (as glass when dropped)
bookmarktoo gili
wrinkled skin (from age)
bookmarkuhi
to replace a ridge pole cover of a thatch house; to cover the sides of a house with plaited green coconut leaves as protection against ghosts
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