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aasanga
verb a watercourse between islets on the atoll
bookmarkabo manu
adjective to correct someone without justification
bookmarkau hagi
verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaabuu
adjective
lie down
bagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbane
noun the flat top of the shark’s snout
bookmarkbangadala
noun fish sp.: seabass
bookmarkbolo
verb make a will (for oneself or others)
bookmarkboo iho
adjective the following night
bookmarkbuusagisagi
adjective to be laden with scent (of air)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
dahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdama de gaehala
noun a raincloud (dropping its rain) seen in the distance
bookmarkdangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangaligi
noun type of basket
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally apportioned
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdaula gage
noun a rope used to assist the climber of a breadfruit tree
bookmarkdaumaha de manu
noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdelaa ai huu
that was it (as before)
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdiibuli
noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdoli de henua
to defeat all comers
bookmarkdoopeva
noun trick, prank
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkgaleve
sakau drink
bookmarkgave lodo
adjective attract attention
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkgiado
noun outriggerboom
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgubu vae
foot, ankle
bookmarkhadi
adjective broken (as a stick), bent up
bookmarkhagaadugau
verb arrange things in a row or line
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagahala
a sleeping mat
bookmarkhagaheloongoi
verb compare; act as an intermediary or mediator; get acquainted with
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagalligi
verb make very small
bookmarkhagaloa
verb groove; a path (lengthwise) in the taro bog
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard or fast as possible
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagatugu tai
adjective ebbing of tide
bookmarkhagavogi
verb a whistle (made with the lips)
bookmarkhalaasola
noun mollusksp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkheiangi
adjective smart, intelligent, clever
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhhagi
verb make a sharp turn; hagi at one time
bookmarkhine duuhua
noun unmarried girl
bookmarkino gi mua
bend (one’s body) forward
bookmarklau manu
noun leaf of a plant
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu (ripe)
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarkma ai
and who
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaatogo
verb discourage someone (verbally)
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mada tea gee
white as a sheet (of a person)
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmagi ssae aalanga
sore muscles (not associated with strain)
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkmmidi
verb suck, suction (e.g., of sea current)
bookmarkmmudi
adjective sprinkling (of rain)
bookmarkmoni sulu
submarine
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarkngadau iho
younger
bookmarknoho dau donu
sit quietly
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarkodea
adjective noon, midday
bookmarkodi ai loo
that’s the end! that’s all!
bookmarkoo
number zero
bookmarkovea
verb disheveled (as the chicken feathers on a much-used trolling lure)
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
saelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaniba
silversides
bookmarkse galubu
very fast
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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