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aahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkanga gee
turn one’s attention away from
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkbabu
adjective the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)
bookmarkbalu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkbanuunu
basa gee
speak (or express oneself) strangely
bookmarkbedage
verb shallow (bowl, basket, etc.)
bookmarkboaa ina mai
prevented from coming by being caught in a storm
bookmarkbula
adjective a flash (e.g., of light); a quick glance; to light (a torch)
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkdaabui
verb enclose
bookmarkdaahili dau soa
a lovesong
bookmarkdaangahulu dala buni
ten dollar bill
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdalia
noun plantsp.
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdebeaha
okay; so-so
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkduunanga
noun that which has been cooked
bookmarkgaehala
adjective immature breadfruit; an aerial root of a pandanus tree which is used as a jump rope
bookmarkgalani
adjective
almost finished, nearly finished;
ganaudogo
noun
an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat
gauligi daane
male child, boy
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkhadiugu
verb a unit of linear measure (from the end of an outstretched hand to the bent elbow of the other arm)
bookmarkhagaalo-mea
verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagadaudoo
adjective compete to see who is stronger
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagahidu (ina)
verb the name of a person in a traditional story
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrepectful way
bookmarkhagasugi ange
to use an abbreviated name or acronym
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai me a leangi
bad-mannered
bookmarkhale baalanga
noun frame house
bookmarkhale maadenga
noun mortuary house
bookmarkhalehale dangada
noun a suspicious character
bookmarkhenua mounga
noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)
bookmarkhune
noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkimu-uli
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarklaagei
noun
laamaloo
noun a divination result indicating bad fortune
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarkloha
bird species
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkmaadau gina
noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadalama
noun tip of coconut palm leaf
bookmarkmagua
adjective thieving
bookmarkmaholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmanu lalo tai
noun seashell
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
massagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkme hagasili
noun a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)
bookmarkmother
tinana
bookmarkmouli danuaa
adjective easy living, a good life
bookmarkmua iho (age)
adjective next above (below)
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarknngahu
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknngie
noun plantsp.: crepemyrtleshrub(pemphis acidula forst.)
bookmarkoa
gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkodi mai (adu, ange)
all (e.g., have come)
bookmarkouaa
adjective yes certainly
bookmarksaba
verb be in a precarious position
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarktea age laangi
noun dawn
bookmarktee langi
noun sky
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
bookmarkvasega
apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)
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