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agoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkaho
noun fishing line of the sort used for adu fishing
bookmarkaloha ina
helpful toward
bookmarkanaa ai laa
those then were those
bookmarkbaa sege
adjective carom off
bookmarkboogia mai
be caught doing something wrong
bookmarkbooi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)
bookmarkbusi
verb blow (with the mouth)
bookmarkbuu tangada
noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)
bookmarkdaabeduge
verb work seriously
bookmarkdaangahulu dala buni
ten dollar bill
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdagahia de agau
reef which has been trampled previously by lobster hunters (and therefore is poor for lobstering)
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdangada mai i daha
relatives by marriage or adoption, etc.
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdaudu
noun fishsp.: spinypuffer
bookmarkdavage
noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdogia
verb be wet from the rain
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkdutudu
verb play with fire
bookmarkduubulei
noun head of the penis
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
bookmarkgalo hagalegunga
adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way
bookmarkgana
bad person
bookmarkgeelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga
noun valley
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgide eidu
verb to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgolo me
adjective unforgiving
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagabuulei
verb put a ring on (someone)
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
adjective superstitious; to believe in ghosts
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagalongo
verb hear, listen
bookmarkhagao ngadaa
adjective expensive
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhai
verb do
bookmarkhai dahi doo
trick someone
bookmarkhai galauna
adjective fish with the galauna net
bookmarkhano laa uda
adjective go on foot
bookmarkhao
verb drill through,burrow
bookmarkhebuihagi
verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close
bookmarkhegabidi
verb packed closely together; crowdedtogether in a small place
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhoohanga
adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)
bookmarkio dua
noun the upper io
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkano malie
adjective a tasty tuber of good quality
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
bookmarklangi maakau
noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarklau kena
noun leaves (or hair) that have lost their natural healthy color
bookmarklua lodo
adjective undecided
bookmarkluei todo
adjective cough up blood
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
luungagi
verb to be in a place protected from the wind, lee
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmaanegabo
adjective energetic
bookmarkmagi eaea
adjective
an eruption in a child’s mouth, said to result from improper feeding
mahuge
malo huna
adjective breechclout
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmau
adjective get,obtain,caught
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmala luu mada
stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)
bookmarkmmudi
adjective sprinkling (of rain)
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmoni galele
noun a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarknoho senga (adu)
adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)
bookmarkolo
an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit
bookmarksabalia
verb be in a situation in which saba1
bookmarksaelea
verb walked upon
bookmarkse biho
clever (scheme or trick)
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarktainadaane madua
noun elder brother
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
bookmarkvasu
timid, shy
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