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adamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkago
verb learn, teach
bookmarkahe
verb return, go back
bookmarkalohaai
verb love intensely
bookmarkbaageaa iho
adjective weakening (becoming weaker)
bookmarkbunehulu
adjective slow in running or walking
bookmarkdabui
verb to splash water on something with the hand
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activities,religious activities
bookmarkdagu hahine
my "daughter" or "mother" (not one’s natural mother)
bookmarkdahea gee
drift away
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdangage dua
verb bend one’s head backwards
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdaumaha hagatoo donu
noun church service of dedication (in whichthe members renew their vows)
bookmarkdeganoe
noun a part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdegi ange
forgive (someone),pardon (someone)
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdogo duu
verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe
bookmarkdoo ai me
<= doo me ai>
bookmarkdoo dai
appearing from lagoonward; to come from lagoonward; wind direction from the west
bookmarkdoopeva
noun trick, prank
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkgai holoholo
verb eat fast
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgeevee
noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)
bookmarkgelu haiusu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgelu-hai-vaelo
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgeu gee
to jerk one’s head away from something
bookmarkgide gauligi
verb to see from the perspective of a small child
bookmarkgio
noun mollusksp.: charonia spp.
bookmarkgoehau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)
bookmarkhaa-laangi
time noun
thursday
haau
verb suckle (at the breast)
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagadaane
verb to act like a human
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadalabaimanugadele
verb
hagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagammae lodo
verb insult (someone)
bookmarkhagammuni iho
adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)
bookmarkhagasaulaba
verb treat as saulaba
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work
bookmarkhagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhagatili
verb swoop down, swoop across
bookmarkhale de henua
noun a house of indigenous construction (thatch)
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhanolia
verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)
bookmarkhaonga i ode
noun urethra
bookmarkhebaa
adjective be close
bookmarkhedogi
verb the sound of tapping
bookmarkhola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
bookmarki dai nei
Mortlock Islands
bookmarkili luu bongaa usu
kaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarklaaigi
noun a driftwood plant sp., with an aromaticsap which is used for perfume
bookmarklalo ade
noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklangi haanau
noun
a certain kind of rain
lludu
verb take all (of something)
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkmaaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa valu
number eighteen
bookmarkmadegi
adjective be jerked
bookmarkmadohi boo
adjective midnight
bookmarkmahuda age
wakeup
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmau
adjective get,obtain,caught
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkngae
noun head
bookmarknoholia
verb occupied
bookmarkonge
verb famine
bookmarkooi
adjective a sound used in communicating at a distance (= "yes")
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
sauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarktaina aahine
noun sister
bookmarktangada mange
now you’ve done it!
bookmarkteungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
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