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alaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkaoa
verb misshapen fruit
bookmarkau e dee gai naa loo
I’ll bet you can’t
bookmarkbadabaataianga
noun
bagibagi
noun
basa hagassee
verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbuni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaane hai moni
sailor,seaman
bookmarkdabula
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdangi buada
adjective the noise made by a fast-moving projectile
bookmarkdau lango
verb
the season during which flies are most numerous
daua
verb war,battle
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdii de laa
the shining of the sun
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduu biho
adjective haircut; cut hair
bookmarkgaavadu
verb give
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgasogo
verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgidee iho
adjective be aware of oneself
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkgoloa o taane
male genitalia
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadau doo
verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagaheloongoi
verb compare; act as an intermediary or mediator; get acquainted with
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagamadaagi
verb to teach someone to madaagi
bookmarkhagamanavasaa
risky, dangerous
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrespectful way
bookmarkhagapago sala
adjective unfortunate result
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai madangi
verb to fart
bookmarkhesilihagi
verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhidu-laangi
time noun sunday (’seventh day’)
bookmarkhinangalosaa iho
adjective self-pity
bookmarkholo gumi
adjective
hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhuga
noun fine threads or strands
bookmarklaagau
wood, stick (of wood)
bookmarklahu
verb investigate (to prove one’s suspicions)
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarklongoaa
adjective <= longaa>
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmadaa gai
noun firstfruits
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmanu aabi
kite
bookmarkmassogosogolia
verb to have been by oneself
bookmarkmaunuunusi
adjective
moni dui
noun a canoe rigged for casting for tuna
bookmarkmuga
verb used (or done, heard, or known) over and over until bored with
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarkmuu-madagao
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkngaage
downtown.
bookmarkniho ngalo
molar teeth, wisdom teeth
bookmarknoganoga
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarksebu
adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarksisi
noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
solo
to grate or file something; to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food made from grated taro
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarkssigo
clever, a fast learner; catch on to, understand
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
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