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aha laa
I wonder why
bookmarkalohi vae
noun sole (of foot)
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkanei huu
these (here) only are the ones
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbuudunga
noun pile of, group of
bookmarkdagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdagodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
daladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdamana
noun father (formal)
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdangi talinga
adjective
tinnitus, a ringing sound in the ear
danuaa sili
adjective good enough
bookmarkdau haanau
noun a period during which many children areborn
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdaumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkdenei huu
this is it still
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share (of something); part (of something); fraction (in arithmetic)
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdogia
verb be wet from the rain
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduosi
adjective servant
bookmarkduu gaha
noun a large piece of gaha (used for mili gaadinga), or from which sennit fibers are obtained)
bookmarkgadigadi gauvae
adjective chattering of teeth (from cold)
bookmarkgalo hilo
verb not cooked completely
bookmarkganimua
noun the eldest child of a couple
bookmarkgave ala
a method of planting mats
bookmarkgavia
noun crazy person; insane person
bookmarkgii talinga
adjective tinnitus
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagabau
verb measure, calculate,estimate
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadoo dai
adjective to fish off the reef for tuna
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagapili
adjective boring
bookmarkhagapunidia
verb add up (many things)
bookmarkhagavaiduu
verb to act as though one were lazy
bookmarkhai dauaa
verb be in a wrinkled condition
bookmarkhai gi de mahi
do or take by force,rape
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai me galasi
to steal after having sort of asked for
bookmarkhale hagao me
store
bookmarkhhanga
split open, open up, or separate, all at once.
bookmarkhoohanga
adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkimu-mea
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkise-ngaio
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarkkaso
adjective
narrow
lauali
verb immature leaves
bookmarkllidi
adjective dressup (esp. in new or very fancyclothes)
bookmarkloage
adjective
go (up or toward the village, or land)
lolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmaakau loo dangada
now we’re in trouble
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada udua
noun the point of a promontory or peninsula (esp. if large)
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmalau
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkmalo lau manu
cloth with a flowered pattern
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmau haahine
adjective attractive to women (for someinexplicable reason)
bookmarkme abo donu
real, true
bookmarkmmudi
adjective sprinkling (of rain)
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkmoolau lodo
noun having a shorttemper
bookmarkngudu leidi
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkniho gai
noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarkoomea
adjective afternoon (late)
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmarksaa
a share of food (esp. for children)
bookmarksaagahinoa
noun fishsp. (= small saabudu)
bookmarksaba
verb capable (of a person)
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
bookmarksiilinga a muna
trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksugi de ngudu
the corner of the mouth
bookmarkuuvae
feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth
bookmarkvaga
noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship
bookmarkvakaa
be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation
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