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aabi
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarkanei naa
these (here) only
bookmarkbaagava
noun violent in word or action
bookmarkbaagia
verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap
bookmarkbido abongi
capsize eventually
bookmarkdaa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdahola
verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)
bookmarkdangoa
verb grabbed,fallen upon
bookmarkdau namu
noun mosquitonet
bookmarkdaumaha de manu
noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears
bookmarkde aha
which is it
bookmarkdelaa naa loo
that there could be it
bookmarkditidi
adjective to skim across the surface of land or water
bookmarkdogoisi
adjective few
bookmarkdolo bala
verb to climb a coconut tree without using a rope (on one’s hands or feet) for assistance
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkduu biho
adjective haircut; cut hair
bookmarkduu inai
type of mat (a half inai)
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgaha uli
adjective having brown (ripe) coconuts (of a coconut tree)
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgaisaa
verb wasteful in preparing food,uneconomical
bookmarkgavaligi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkgili hau
noun the inner bark of the hibiscus
bookmarkgima
noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)
bookmarkgolee bukaliaa
gubenga
noun large net for fishing
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadiingia saele
adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagakii dalinga
adjective producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something very sweet is eaten
bookmarkhagapigi saele
adjective go around with someone constantly
bookmarkhagatugu tai
ebbing of tide
bookmarkhai damaahine
adjective the relationship between parent and daughter
bookmarkhai gaiaa
verb use without permission
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship between kin
bookmarkhakiia
verb move (something) away completely
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhhola
verb hola at one time
bookmarkhhuge iho
adjective an opening in the clouds
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkkona
adjective very, too much
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklanga de ivi
a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage
bookmarklaso
noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarkloiho
adjective
go or come down (or toward the lagoon)
lugu
verb take or obtain something by force
bookmarkmaadau belubelu
noun a type of fishhook (small, for belubelu fishing)
bookmarkmaadau hholu
noun a fishhook made of wire
bookmarkmaaui
verb givebirth to, born
bookmarkmadaoaligi
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkmainu
noun bait (on the hook)
bookmarkmasagi
a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkme hagasahu vai
gutter (under the eaves of a house)
bookmarkmmade aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
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mou
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.;
musa
verb the sound of many little school fish feeding at the surface of the water
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarkngudu leia
be the object of continual gossip
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkoluu
pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)
bookmarkpoo ange
touch (someone or something with the hand)
bookmarksaabai moni doo
carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)
bookmarksaaluanga
noun a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksamu
verb gossip,slander
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarkse galubu
very fast
bookmarksebu
adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarksiili
a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarkssuanga
stained in one place
bookmarktao o de moso
coconut frond spine which has fallen and stuck upright in the ground
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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