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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkaasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkaha bagua
noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbaieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbidoa
verb lift or hold one end of something
bookmarkboa
noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition
bookmarkboolaa ange
say boolaa to
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdala
verb unfasten,undo,untie
bookmarkdamana
noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship
bookmarkdauaalo
verb steady paddling
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkde gai i mua
favorite food
bookmarkdee madaladala de langi
raining without let-up
bookmarkdee savala
uninterested in; not enjoy
bookmarkdeeai
adjective
degidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdii de laa
the shining of the sun
bookmarkdoolohi
verb chase,run after
bookmarkdotodi
adjective limping (as an action)
bookmarkduasivi
noun the back of the spine
bookmarkduu de --
adjective having plenty of
bookmarkduu podo
adjective do something at short intervals; often,frequently
bookmarkduu uli
noun sea cucumber species
bookmarkduudane
noun buttock
bookmarkgaa lava
and then
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgalavagu
noun spongesp.
bookmarkgalemu
unclassified
gau hadu
noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgoinga
noun a boundary marker (of stone)
bookmarkgoloa duu biho
barber’s tools
bookmarkhada
noun
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse
hadu lalo
noun a stone on which hermit crabs are crushed (to use for bait)
bookmarkhadu-uli
noun coralsp.: bluecoral
bookmarkhaele sala
adjective spoil (children), bringup (children) badly
bookmarkhagabela
verb provide bela for
bookmarkhagabidoa
verb be the last
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagadotodi
verb walk with a limp (temporarily)
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagalagolagoa
verb cause to be numerous
bookmarkhagammae lodo
verb insult (someone)
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhagasaaloa
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasahu
verb to catch water (in something)
bookmarkhagasoa
verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhai dauaa
verb be in a wrinkled condition
bookmarkhai donu
adjective
do properly by accident; do on purpose
hai maalisa
having an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship)
bookmarkilaage mai
free from
bookmarkise-ngaio
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarkkaba
adjective do prematurely
bookmarkkano maailaba
noun the wood next to the core of a tree
bookmarklaagei
noun
lodo bale
noun helpful (sort of person)
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarklongohio
verb feel
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
madangi
noun storm
bookmarkmagau de laa
weakness of the sun’s rays (for drying)
magi kino
adjective loss of appetite
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmalalidage
adjective usedup or cleaned out completely
bookmarkmanavasaa
adjective worried, apprehensive,fearful
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmanu-gili-maau
noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)
bookmarkmaseu
adjective to scatter (when in a group)
bookmarkmassala
clear-headed
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkmou
noun
agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;
ngavesi haangoda
noun fishing tacklebox
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarkpuugunga
noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarkse agoo
adept at
bookmarkse aha au naa
you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarkssahu
adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)
bookmarktaula (o de me holu)
noun bowstring (string of the bow)
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