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aahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkaasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkabo sala
adjective mean (by nature), unkind
bookmarkalaa naa
those only
bookmarkalohi
noun anything forming a semi-circle
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkbalagia a de gaga
noun fish sp., parrot fish
bookmarkbanganga
noun fish sp.: wrasse
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbasalia
verb seep (of water)
bookmarkboo gi de gai
continually wanting to eat
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkdaane ssili dala
special one,important one
bookmarkdagua-bodo
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdee masae de leo
lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share (of something); part (of something); fraction (in arithmetic)
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdinihu
verb industrious, hardworking
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdogi hoda
noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdungu iho
adjective smell oneself
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgadinibidi
a type of fishook made from pearl shell
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgai hagalulu
adjective habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
bookmarkgana
bad person
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkgeesaa
noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkhaanau ssene
adjective yield interest
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagailonga
verb sign,mark,signal,omen
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
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 lau
noun thatch-roofed house (of pandanus leafthatch)
bookmarkhao
verb drill through,burrow
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhongagelegele
honu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhuaahenua
community
bookmark
huna me
a habitual thief
bookmarkiga-loa
noun fishsp. (a small flying fish)
bookmarkigohi
verb firetongs
bookmarkilo
noun worm
bookmarkkini
verb pick at one time,pinch at one time
bookmarkkona iho
adjective be too much for one
bookmarkkosi
noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.
bookmarklaagau
wood, stick (of wood)
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmahuge, huge
open
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower that burrows into the sand when touched
bookmarkme hakadanga
noun joke, jest; trick (a practical joke)
bookmarkmoni kalo
noun a canoe with rounded sides (designed to ride easily in rough seas)
bookmarknaa huu
when,if
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarkngadi dangada
noun an ordinary person, commoner; a person of slight social value
bookmarkngaobo
verb easily bent out of shape
bookmarkniho ngalo
noun molarteeth, wisdomteeth
bookmarknoho lalo
adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)
bookmarkolonoa
sea cucumber
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksaniba
noun fishsp.: silversides
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarksengaa
numeral tens of millions
bookmarksii tae
adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksilivaahea
wander about with no fixed abode
bookmarksobaga
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarktaina aahine
noun sister
bookmarkteungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
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