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aau
verb remove
bookmarkaduhale
adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house
bookmarkadumua
verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver
bookmarkalaa donu
those there only
bookmarkalohi vae
noun sole (of foot)
bookmarkbido abongi
capsize eventually
bookmarkboli
verb take special care of
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkbunaa
noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)
bookmarkbuugani
adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)
bookmarkdaaea
noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)
bookmarkdaahanga ange
give pleasure to someone by giving himsomething
bookmarkdada moni
adjective
to beach a canoe without using runners
daemaha
adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdahea gi lalo
sink (completely)
bookmarkdatane-uli
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdatanu
noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdemeelaa
that one over there
bookmarkdenaa maa
that is about (approximately)
bookmarkdinae o ssaiolo
<= dinae o de laa>
bookmarkdogaa ange
feel shy in the presence of
bookmarkdona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkdubuna aahine
noun grandmothers
bookmarkgadea
noun the side of the canoe away from the outrigger float
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgai lima dahi
to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
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galua
verb having viscous sputum
bookmarkgave ala
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundarystone
bookmarkhadu lunga
noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)
bookmarkhagabasa
verb cause someone to speak; convince
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagasemuna
verb make a total of one hundred million
bookmarkhagassogaanga
noun
hai dauaa
verb be in a wrinkled condition
bookmarkhai ganabu
verb the stage in the development of a coconut tree in which ganabu begins to develop
bookmarkhai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhano ai huu
forever
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form
bookmarkhanolia
verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)
bookmarkhaunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencilurchin
bookmarkhhoa de lae
to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkholiage
verb go about something in a complete circle
bookmarkhologemo
adjective
honu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkili taalanga
talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkana mai
watch your step around me
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarkkii
verb move away
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklaba
verb flash (as of lightning)
bookmarklaohie age
improving condition (of weather)
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadohi iho
adjective to reach halfway down
bookmarkmalua
noun vagina
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun land animal
bookmarkme bouli
noun the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkmee
noun thing
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmoolau huu
punctual
bookmarkmoosee
verb not quite cooked (of anything but fish)
bookmarkmou
noun
agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;
nau
noun plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarkngudu aahua
islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarknoa
verb tied (as with rope)
bookmarknohu
noun fishsp.: stone-fish
bookmarkohu
a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarkoo
pronoun your (singular; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkosi
verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarksaabai moni doo
carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarkvaaligi
adjective small (for plural noun)
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