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aalinga
adjective moving around just under the water
bookmarkaamia
verb sufficient for the purpose or need
bookmarkahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkalaa ai laa
those there then were
bookmarkalaa muna
word <= dalaa muna>
bookmarkbaa donu
adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)
bookmarkbadioda
verb the residue remaining after coconut oil has been heated; the residue remaining after arrowroot starch-making
bookmarkbasa gi lunga
speak loudly
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbunaa
noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
dabui
verb to splash water on something with the hand
bookmarkdaelodo
noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu
bookmarkdagabuli
verb gather together in a group
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdama pala
noun
a foetus which has been aborted, ugly
dami
verb close1 one’s jaws; closing of the two halves of a clam shell
bookmarkdao beau
noun the wave following the highest one
bookmarkdau dinae
noun a period during which many women arepregnant at the same time
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdenaa ai huu
that is it then
bookmarkdogoisi
adjective few
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkgagai
verb propensity of fish to bite (one at a time)
bookmarkgalani
adjective
almost finished, nearly finished;
gannui koi
noun gannui which has been scraped out of the shell to be eaten
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgili dabeo
verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm
bookmarkgili hano
verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkhaaligi
verb wrap from under, wrap around; to wrap something (e.g., a present)
bookmarkhaangoda de boo
a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagadaemaha
verb put weight on, make unhappy
bookmarkhagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagadulagi
verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagamabua
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhai hagadubu
adjective to fashion a string figure
bookmarkhai hua laa
do indifferently
bookmarkhale magi
noun hospital,dispensary
bookmarkhauala
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklaangai sahole
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting
bookmarkladi
verb initiate, begin, start
bookmarklele tuli
childbirth
bookmarklodo llidi
a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkmaahuge
maava age
belch
bookmarkmada-galisi
the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmaea
noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmahaa de usu
to have encountered unexpected misfortune
bookmarkmaidigi
noun august
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkmasagi
a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkmasavaa alodahi
noun always
bookmarkmau ange huu
usually
bookmarkmaua
verb to be able to
bookmarkmmala dana (dagu) maanga
lose his (my) appetite
bookmarkmmene
adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)
bookmarkmoenga
bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping
bookmarkmoomada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmuli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
nnui
adjective
large
odo
verb thatch
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarktee langi
noun sky
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