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agilau gee
extremely pugnacious
bookmarkamu
verb twirl fibers (with ina); fibers for the manufacture of rope or cloth, etc.
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaluu
noun coconut crab
Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbuugunga
noun conformation of a bugu
bookmarkdaane dagidahi
noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdagahi ange gi de --
serve as a side dish for
bookmarkdane
verb a fungus infection of the skin (consisting of superficial white spots)
bookmarkdatanu
noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)
bookmarkdau dinae
noun a period during which many women arepregnant at the same time
bookmarkdaula gage
noun a rope used to assist the climber of a breadfruit tree
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdee modu
adjective continually
bookmarkdeelaa
there
bookmarkdelaa ange naa
about that
dolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkduu inai
type of mat (a half inai)
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarke hia
how much
bookmarke lodo goe
watchout
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgai aha
and then what
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgamalie
adjective do attentively
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkgau
noun handle,appendage
bookmarkgau-me
noun gill (of a fish)
bookmarkgili langi
verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)
bookmarkhaa-dolo
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkhadi haho
adjective steep (inclination)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagabido
verb
carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end
hagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagadaudoo
adjective compete to see who is stronger
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahaigabungi
verb make shy
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhakai-a-bagila
noun mollusksp.: cerithiidae spp.
bookmarkhaoli
verb cover up
bookmarkhatuli
verb thunder
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhhela
verb spread one’s legs wide apart at one time
bookmarkholo gumi
adjective
honu-uda
noun insectsp. (small and turtle-like)
bookmarkhua-ala
noun flower
bookmarkhui hala
noun the fruit of the pandanus
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkkalo talinga
adjective clean out, or scratch, inside the ear
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklava i de goloa
having many goloa
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarkloomosi
verb kill someone by holding him under the water until he is drowned
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkmaalisa
noun an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkmaava
yawn
bookmarkmabu
adjective rested
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mada gi daha
adjective having the point bent outward (away from its handle)
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu de gabadanga
noun
the bird leading a flock (of ngongo) to a school of fish
manu solo maadau
file (for filing metal)
bookmarkmogo
noun shoot from a sprouting coconut
bookmarkmoloa
verb knotted (of hair)
bookmarkmousi
adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarknaa gaalava
so what
bookmarkngaungau-ulu
noun
ngole age
use smallest first
bookmarknoodalo
verb duplicate
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarksai moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarksiba
verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking
bookmarksigi
verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarksoa hagaaloha
noun a good friend
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
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