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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkaha nei
let’s (now)
bookmarkbala langi
noun rain
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbige
noun a strip of land extending into the sea or a swamp
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkbulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdagodo
adjective
situation, circumstance; liedown
dagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdangada ssigo
noun clever person
bookmarkdeai loo me
i doubt it
bookmarkdee hemuu
not on speaking terms
bookmarkdee kai laa dangada
so, it’s not so after all (just as we believed at first); no wonder
bookmarkdogo huadia
verb a way of punting a canoe
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusksp: a bivalve sp.
bookmarkdoo gaiaa
verb attack by surprise or stealth; ambush
bookmarke hia
how much
bookmarkeba
a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabe manava
adjective eat sparingly (just enough to maintain one’s strength), have a snack
bookmarkgeelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga
noun valley
bookmarkgoai ne siilia
who asked you
goloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgona
noun belly button
bookmarkhaa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
hadu-maadau
noun
coralsp.
hagaai
adjective be in a serious situation
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)
bookmarkhagaausa
verb cause to leave a wake
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadonu
verb trust, believe; interpret; support as a witness
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaduugau
verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagaholi
verb begin to form (something)
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagamao lunga
verb arrogant,haughty,overbearing,proud
bookmarkhagammae lodo
verb insult (someone)
bookmarkhagaoomea
verb to wait until oomea
bookmarkhagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhakki
noun esophagua; trachea
bookmarkhale denga manu
noun hive (house for animals)
bookmarkhale suunugi
noun
a house with eaves touching the ground
hanga-mea
noun
hevaalogi
adjective the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhhuge iho
adjective an opening in the clouds
bookmarkise-ngaio
needlefish
bookmarkkosi-honga-agau
noun mollusksp.: trachycardium orbita
bookmarklaagii
noun decoration,ornamentation
bookmarklaangai huli de moana
a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping (showing their white bellies) and biting
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarklehua
verb blurred; covered with ashes
bookmarkllahi
noun fishsp. (= small hagaudalolo)
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarkluei
verb spit out (esp. food)
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madaanga hulu maa dolu
number thirteen
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot
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meamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmoe tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngole iho
adjective to use the biggest first
bookmarkogu
pronoun my (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkono-samono
time noun the sixth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkoso
verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)
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saesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksahudu
noun fishsp.: seabass
bookmarksamua
verb slandered; to have been an object of gossip
bookmarksau
noun
sau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksua bagu
a stain which has left a dry residue
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
bookmarkvalea
moldy; to have been in place for a long time
bookmarkvela
burned
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