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aahee donu
exactly which
bookmarkabitala
noun eave (of a house)
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkadamai
verb recollect or recall past events or persons, etc.
bookmarkanga iho
noun self-awareness
bookmarkbaguu
adjective fall over (as a felled tree); tip over; lean (in one direction)
bookmarkbangadala
noun fish sp.: seabass
bookmarkboo i lalo o tangada
the last days of a person’s life
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkdaa age
go toward land (from the lagoon)
bookmarkdaahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdaahanga
verb fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkdaaia
verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdangada abadai
noun european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdau namu
noun mosquitonet
bookmarkdee adahaia
very; very bad
bookmarkdelaa tee madea
hard to tellapart from; resemble closely
bookmarkdiingia
verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
dohi dilo
verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkduoi
noun parasites (intestinal) of fish
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of the canoe mast
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgannui mada balabala
gannui which is soft and mushy
bookmarkgasia
verb worthwhile,important,valuable
bookmarkgiado
noun outriggerboom
bookmarkgoso
adjective bothered, annoyed
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaamuli
verb treat as junior
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadahi
verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases
bookmarkhagadeai
verb cause to become non-existent
bookmarkhagailaage
verb setfree
bookmarkhagamaanu age
pull oneself up by one’s arms
bookmarkhagamadagu
verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagannagi
verb lean against
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasolo age
keep postponing or delaying
bookmarkhai dama
adjective pregnant
bookmarkhai gaavenga
adjective restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai maadua
adjective mention of one’s elders by others
bookmarkhai me hagamadia
behave in a more-or-less show-off manner
bookmarkhano ahe
echo
bookmarkhhoa
verb crack open; break into pieces; cut a hole in
bookmarkio
noun a quarter of the body of a tuna when it is cut lengthwise
bookmarkkangi odi
adjective too sharp
bookmarkkumi tangi
to control one’s crying
bookmarklaangai buusagi
noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarkladi
verb initiate, begin, start
bookmarklaho
aerial foot of the pandanus tree
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarkloonaa
verb the sticking of food in the throat (which is cleared by washing it down with liquid)
bookmarkloongia
verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
madila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmahedua
noun sneeze
bookmarkmahi bodo
adjective easily tired
bookmarkmala
bald
bookmarkmangeo
verb a large sore (on the body); a blemish (on the skin)
bookmarkmanu-gaba-aasanga
noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
pigeon
me balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkmmoli
verb haul (all at once or as fast as possible)
bookmarkmomme
a place
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkngavesi haangoda
noun fishing tacklebox
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkpono age de manava
be unable to breathe
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksii tae
diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksio
waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarkssunu
suck, smoke (cigarettes)
bookmarktahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
bookmarktangada aduhale
the sort of person who feels at home everywhere and is continually visiting (considered uncouth)
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