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aalo dahi
verb do at one time
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkanaa loo
these (there) were the ones
bookmarkanei ai laa
these then were those
bookmarkanga dogi
noun mollusk sp., Cerithiidae
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkava
noun fish sp. (= large tonu, also = large hagaodalolo)
bookmarkbaa hagasalau
adjective make contact with while not aligned
bookmarkbabu honga agau
noun fish sp., wrasse
bookmarkbala
adjective soft, mushy, offering no resistance
bookmarkbasa hagamao lalo
speak humbly
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkboi a eidu
temporarily abnormal
bookmarkbualeu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkbunana
adjective conjunctivitis
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdaa hatau
verb beat unmercifully
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdenaa ai
therefore (with respect to this, there near you, or concerning, you)
bookmarkdenei tagodo
this is the situation...
bookmarkdogoisi loo huu
very few
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduudae maadau
noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>
bookmarkelunga
noun top of, the position over (something)
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalani
adjective
almost finished, nearly finished;
geelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga
noun valley
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkguani
noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)
bookmarkhaa daha
noun the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhagabido
verb
carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end
hagabigo de ngago
fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkhagaeligi
verb treat as an eligi
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagamainu
verb provide with bait
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrepectful way
bookmarkhagaoda tugi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and grated coconut)
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhale lau
noun thatch-roofed house (of pandanus leafthatch)
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
heboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhhoda
adjective gasp for breath (once)
bookmarkhhola mai saiolo
to allow the sail to fill with wind, holding on to the boom sheet (after luffing)
bookmarkhinangalomalie
adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world
bookmarkhoea
verb covered with sunburn blisters
bookmarkhonu ssele
noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkiho
adjective
get down, climb down; down
inau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light
bookmarkivi sulu
noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)
bookmarkivi-a-daea
noun shoulderblade
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarkllaga
verb take a single step
bookmarkllahi
adjective thin (pl.)
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaalie loo
much later
bookmarkmaanadu age
decide (arrive at a decision), make upone’s mind; think up
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmada gide
adjective sharp-eyed, goodat finding things
bookmarkmadaanga hulu
number ten
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmagi labua gee
upset stomach (nausea)
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmaluu
verb soft
bookmarkmanigangi
adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmatili mai
remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers
bookmarkmiili aheahe
adjective a version of the game called miili
bookmarkmougu
noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, by and by
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
noun reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarknnadu
verb to receive a shock (as when hit, or by an explosion)
bookmarkodi/b
adjective gone, finished, usedup
bookmarkoo
pronoun your (singular; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkoo
number zero
bookmarksali loimada
adjective to tear1 (in the eyes because, e.g., of smoke)
bookmarksengalia
verb deceived, fooled; made dependent upon(e.g., gifts)
bookmarksii
verb spill out (e.g. too much food in your mouth)
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksinsia
ssogo
grated raw taro which has dried out
bookmarktainadaane o dogu dinana
noun maternal uncle
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