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ahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkahi malo
noun a mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkalaa naa
those only
bookmarkanaa ai
these (there) only
bookmarkanaa ange
and these (there)
bookmarkanei naa loo
these seem to be
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkbagia
verb be hit (by wind, bullet, spear, etc.)
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbau ange
capable of, be the equal of
bookmarkbinge
adjective pink
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdai seni
adjective sleepy
bookmarkdanu de bela
spade up taro plots, adding mulch
bookmarkdau
noun cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdogo huadia
verb a way of punting a canoe
bookmarkdoi-lesi
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
dona
verb wart,mole (raised)
bookmarkdoo ade
a joking expression; literally, ’your liver!’
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkdumulu
noun july
bookmarkduu inai
duulanga
noun the place of, the track of (something)
bookmarkgada-ahai
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgaiaa dau bodu
commit adultery
bookmarkgaleve
noun the sap of the coconut tree (taken from the inflorescence)
bookmarkganae-oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgau dagodo
noun the boom of a sail
bookmarkgili hano
verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk
bookmarkgolomagi lodo
adjective self-controlled
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhagabasalia
verb convince someone completely
bookmarkhagadogo number
verb to join (to make up a group of a certain number)
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagapale
verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against
bookmarkhagasugi ange
to use an abbreviated name or acronym
bookmarkhagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai maalisa
having an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkhanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhhanga de ngudu
open one’s mouth
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkhoe
noun a canoepaddle
bookmarkhulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarkkano maalama
noun a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarkkano malie
adjective a tasty tuber of good quality
bookmarkkeli
adjective root around (disturbing the coral layer of a yard by shuffling, or by pawing the ground)
bookmarklima dangada ina
a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer
bookmarkllabu
verb claw
bookmarklongo
adjective hear, feel; news
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmadohi
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point
bookmarkmaduilau
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmanu-gili-maau
noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)
bookmarkmmidi
verb suck, suction (e.g., of sea current)
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmougu
noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.
bookmarkmuna o de henua
a community meeting (for listening to speeches or instructions)
bookmarkngadi humai
adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)
bookmarkngauda
inland of; landlubber
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkniho gaina
noun teeth with cavities
bookmarknoho
verb settle somewhere; live somewhere
bookmarkpala de langi
it’s raining
bookmarkpanga
adjective
sambagidaa
sausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarksavaa
adjective soon (will happen)
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksingano
verb the flower of the pandanus tree
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
bookmarktama hagai
poor fellow!
bookmarktangaho
noun liver
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