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adamai
verb recollect or recall past events or persons, etc.
bookmarkagilau
verb pugnacious
bookmarkaha nei
let’s (now)
bookmarkalaa ange huu
that there
anaa dagodo
those are the circumstances...
bookmarkava
adjective relief, be relieved
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbalu daaea
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbasa gauligi
adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk
bookmarkbiia
verb get wet
bookmarkbuliaamou
adjective long for, homesick
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
daemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdagi ala
adjective go around aimlessly
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdaihadu
verb hardwood in the tree trunk
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdalia
adjective tired
bookmarkdama hodooligi
noun
children of the chief
danedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdee maeva
not present, absent
bookmarkdelaa sili
that there is enough
bookmarkdenei naa loo
this seems to be
bookmarkdenga daanunga
noun graves
bookmarkdino
adjective a share of, allotment, portion
bookmarkdoo dai
appearing from lagoonward; to come from lagoonward; wind direction from the west
bookmarkdua gaahanga
noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)
bookmarkduu-mmea
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkga dae ai
until
bookmarkga-hudi
noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree; banana (fruit)
bookmarkgalisi
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgili dama
verb soft-skinned
bookmarkgima
noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhagadau bale
adjective cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagahhano
verb show someone how to wash his hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamoolau
verb hurry,rush
bookmarkhagapasalia
verb convince (several people) completely
bookmarkhagasaaloa
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhagatau
verb arrange (in order), a program; name one after another; refuse to do one’s part because of someone else’s actions
bookmarkhale denga manu
noun hive (house for animals)
bookmarkhanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhaunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkhola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkigohinga
noun way of using igohi
bookmarkina-gi-hale
a row of thatch
bookmarkkono
adjective grunt (once)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklanibene
adjective separation in coconut oil (when it is aging)
bookmarklaohie
noun drought
bookmarklodo degi
adjective having a forgiving nature
bookmarklua lodo
adjective undecided
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmada galava
noun spear foreshaft
bookmarkmadaa sele
noun loop of a lasso or noose
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmalili gelegele
adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken
bookmarkmanu aabi
noun kite
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligiligi
noun flying insect
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmanuhi
noun hemorrhage
bookmarkmaunga
noun way of becoming accustomed to
bookmarkme abadai
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme hanga dalogo
ingredients of dalogo
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngadi hai bodu
common-law marriage, concubinage
bookmarkngalue de hakii
dislocated larynx
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarknoho senga (adu)
adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)
bookmarkodi iho
just finished
bookmarksaavale
verb spit,drool,sputum
bookmarksai
noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)
bookmarkse hono
fit well or properly
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksio
waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarktabuvae
noun toe
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