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aahee nei
then what (immediate future)
bookmarkaalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkaasii
noun drum (native)
bookmarkanaa loo
these (there) were the ones
bookmarkau doga
noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkbunaa hoe
noun an eddy left by a paddle stroke
bookmarkdaha de hia maa
about what time is it
bookmarkdalaa mada
noun <= dalaa umada>
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdaula gage
noun a rope used to assist the climber of a breadfruit tree
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkde hua nei
this size
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdoi
noun stain (as for wood)
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkduu biho
adjective haircut; cut hair
bookmarkduu gee
adjective out of alignment
bookmarkduu-mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkduudanga aheahe
noun refrain (of song)
bookmarkgaba-moe
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgalo
noun fishsp.: goatfish (= small vede)
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgana
noun bad person
bookmarkgasi
adjective jump up (with both feet leaving the ground)
bookmarkgogoo
adjective
goononga
noun a record (set in competitive sports)
bookmarkhada
noun
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse
hagadau-me
adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadonu muna
adjective act as an interpreter
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagammidi
verb suction of a sea current, undertow
bookmarkhagamua
verb be first; get closer to
bookmarkhagasaaloa
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasemada
verb make a total of ten thousand
bookmarkhagatoo mua
verb take every possible precaution, insure
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarklabua gee lodo
to have an upset stomach (being on the point of nausea)
bookmarklalo ade
noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
langi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklanibene
adjective separation in coconut oil (when it is aging)
bookmarklao
the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklau maalie
verb neat-appearing hair or feathers
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarklilo bule
adjective covered up completely
bookmarklodo llidi
adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
madaanga hulu maa dolu
number thirteen
bookmarkmadagauhala
noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area
bookmarkmadalama
noun tip of coconut palm leaf
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmahola
adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)
bookmarkmahuge
malo gulu
noun
barkcloth
manu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmee mmala
noun gallbladder
bookmarkmee saabini uga
reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)
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bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarknebua
verb be nebu
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarkosi
a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarkpaa i tua tinae
have an empty stomach
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck, punishment
bookmarksaniba
noun fishsp.: silversides
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarksobo
adjective rise up (as the sun), get up, jump up
bookmarkubu hhoa
type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell
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