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baalasi mai (adu)
shine a flashlight toward me (you)
bookmarkbabu honga agau
noun fish sp., wrasse
bookmarkbadabaatai
adjective
badotodi
verb move jerkily
bookmarkbau ange
capable of, be the equal of
bookmarkboaanga
noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbua maliaa
buu
noun bladder, balloon, ball; the head of the octopus; a net on a long handle; a conch shell trumpet; or any other round, hollow, inflatable object
bookmarkdaaligi
verb do something seriously; be moved about; a jerky movement, caused by the wind (e.g., the flapping of a sail); work seriously
bookmarkdabula
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdao
noun a spear, branch of (part of)
bookmarkdau balabala
adjective slack (of rope)
bookmarkdaula de gona
noun
a cord between the naval and the genitals
daumaha de manu
noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears
bookmarkde ahi
noun the fire
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdoli de henua
to defeat all comers
bookmarkdongi de lae
a spot on the forehead
dongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdoo gaiaa
ambush; attack by surprise or stealth
bookmarkduu inai
type of mat (a half inai)
bookmarkduu taua
outbreak of war
bookmarkganimago
noun mollusksp.: malea pomum
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagaduulanga
noun method of construction; appearance (e.g., of a ship, house, or other construction)
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhai de hagamaanadu
remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)
bookmarkhainoo
verb
permitted,open to the public,secular
hanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhatinga
noun crook of the knee or elbow
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhausanga
noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole
bookmarkhhano gi daha
to wash one’s hands in such a way that the dirty water does not fall back into the basin or well
bookmarkhilohilo me
adjective impure
bookmarkhonua
verb filled with
bookmarkhunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkkaba donu
wait!
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarklevango
adjective fight
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklluu
adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)
bookmarklo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarklodo mao lalo
characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmada dangada ina
a person of importance (who is liked by the people)
bookmarkmada hoou
adjective brand new
bookmarkmada-umanga
noun the bud of a cyrtosperma taro corm
bookmarkmadaangahulu-malama
time noun october (’tenth month’)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmadalua maa valu
number twenty eight
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot (weather)
bookmarkmahi loa
adjective tireless
bookmarkmahuge
malui
adjective turned (in direction),reversed,transposed
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmateedea
verb pustular
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkngadi dangada
noun an ordinary person, commoner; a person of slight social value
bookmarkngadi gavadu
adjective a gift (to the hearer); a present (to the hearer)
bookmarkngadi ngavesi
noun an empty box
bookmarkngadoa
verb to have ngado
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarknoho senga (adu)
adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksiga
verb
to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool
sseni
ssuugulu
noun school
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tinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkuuvae
feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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