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aalohi modu
noun lagoonward of the islets of the atoll
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkao
adjective sufficient
bookmarkbaa ssalu
adjective carom off violently
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkbalu gauanga
adjective trembling of legs
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdaasele
verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip
bookmarkdada gaehala
verb picking even small breadfruit (to avoidhaving to change one’s position, whichwould be necessary in order to pick breadfruit of the proper size)
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdagodo be --
it seems that...
bookmarkdai bigi
adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout
bookmarkdama doe
noun the fourth child born to a couple
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdange
noun mollusksp.: giantclam (tridacnasquammosa)
bookmarkde gau duuli sou
gilbertese people
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdili dagidahi age
release one at a time or intermittently or sporadically
bookmarkdogoisi
adjective few
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkduu gaha
noun a large piece of gaha (used for mili gaadinga), or from which sennit fibers are obtained)
bookmarkduu hakaa
noun a piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu nui
adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope
bookmarkduusaba
noun a type of musical instrument (a stretched palm leaf jiggled while blown against)
bookmarkga hia
how many will it be
bookmarkgaha biigi
noun a rope for tying pigs
bookmarkgoosuu
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkgulu daladala
breadfruit with rough skin
bookmarkhadu lalo
noun a stone on which hermit crabs are crushed (to use for bait)
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagabuni
verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations
bookmarkhagadabena iho
adjective prepare oneself, make oneself ready
bookmarkhagadanuaa magavaa
adjective make peace between people, conciliate
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagahaigabungi
verb make shy
bookmarkhagamoolau
verb hurry, rush
bookmarkhagaobe
verb cause to have obe
bookmarkhagasula tangada
adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position
bookmarkhagatugu tai
ebbing of tide
bookmarkhai ganabu
verb the stage in the development of a coconut tree in which ganabu begins to develop
bookmarkhai sumu
verb having a diamond-shaped decoration or form, etc.
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhale hai niho
dentist’s office
bookmarkhale maadenga
noun mortuary house
bookmarkhannoo kaba
go now, right away beat it
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhine sala daane
noun nymphomaniac
bookmarkinau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night
bookmarkkano siabo
noun the meat on the side of the fish’s head
bookmarklaagau
noun wood,stick (of wood)
bookmarklahulahu
noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)
bookmarkllaga
verb take a single step
bookmarklluu
adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)
bookmarklo te
longosaa
adjective small around, thin
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
mada gi lodo
adjective a point which is bent inward (toward its handle)
bookmarkmahu
adjective healed (of a sore)
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
manu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkme dili dai
any current which flows away from the atoll
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksenga
adjective crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksolo
verb grate, make into small pieces
bookmarktahi-malama
noun January (’first month’)
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarktangada hai sauaa
magician, sorcerer
bookmarktao tangada
to immerse a person in medication
bookmarktogo dahi
first
bookmarkvalea
moldy; to have been in place for a long time
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