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abo sala
adjective mean (by nature), unkind
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkalahenua
noun plot of (bush) land, acreage
bookmarkanaa ai laa
those then were those
bookmarkbaagia age
to be carried to the shore (of a canoe) by a current or the wind
bookmarkbadabaatai
adjective
bale-masevaseva
noun
balu malau
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbalu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbangulu
noun a part of a traditional loom
bookmarkbigi
adjective be caught between two or more other things
bookmarkboaa ina
adjective be caught in strong wind or heavy rain
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdahido lima
noun upper arm
bookmarkdamana
noun father (formal)
bookmarkdatane-uli
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdau haanau
noun a period during which many children areborn
bookmarkde hine ga haibodu
noun bride
bookmarkdee hemuu
not on speaking terms
bookmarkdenei tagodo
this is the situation...
bookmarkdili dangada
adjective to fail to discharge one’s obligations to help (esp. one’s kin)
bookmarkdino
adjective a share of, allotment, portion
bookmarkdogoisi mai
adjective decreasing (in number)
bookmarkdona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkdoo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object such as a mat
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgada
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkgagu
adjective well-mannered
bookmarkgalo gila
goatfish
bookmarkgavadu
adjective
give or carry (something) to you
gieuli
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkgoohunga
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkhaa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhagabaguu ange
move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagaditidi vae dahi
hop on one foot
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hagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagalaagii
verb
decorate, adorn; ornament
hagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamadia
adjective show-off
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagasoa ange
go along with others,join the crowd
bookmarkhagatubu me
adjective exaggerate matters
bookmarkhagi
verb pick (fruit) by grabbing and twisting off
bookmarkhai gainga
adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound
bookmarkhai sseu
verb wasteful
bookmarkhainamanilaluoo
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhenua gai dangada
noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)
bookmarkhulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarkllidi
adjective dressup (esp. in new or very fancyclothes)
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
lohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklongo iho
adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkmanu laosedi
noun seaanimal; marineinvertebrates
bookmarkme hanga dalogo
ingredients of dalogo
bookmarkmeemaagau
noun non-living thing
bookmarkmogo
noun coconutapple (young and edible)
bookmarkmuu
adjective utter (words or sounds), reply (tosomeone)
bookmarkngadi gavadu
adjective a gift (to the hearer); a present (to the hearer)
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarkniho kangi
noun tusk
bookmarksaagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarksabalia
verb be saba2
bookmarksaga
adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksiba
noun fishsp. (small flying fish)
bookmarkssii
broken into many pieces (as glass when dropped)
bookmarktugilima
noun elbow
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity.
bookmarkvalea
moldy; to have been in place for a long time
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