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aahee nei
then what (immediate future)
bookmarkabo
adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable
bookmarkahe ina
wind around completely once
bookmarkanei donu
only these are the ones
bookmarkao
verb daylight
bookmarkbaa hagasalau
adjective make contact with while not aligned
bookmarkbaa sege
adjective carom off
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbido gamu
uselessly short
bookmarkbigi
adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbugaliaa
bulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkdaa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdama dagidahi
noun the only child of a couple
bookmarkdangi iho
adjective cry to oneself
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdiidiingia
verb be frequently exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdilo
verb look at (inspect)
bookmarkdinae o ssaiolo
<= dinae o de laa>
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
adjective bad-mannered
bookmarkdua gaahanga
noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarke hia
how much
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkganae
noun fishsp.: mullet
bookmarkganae oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgauligi ange
younger than
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkgoluu
pronoun you (dual)
bookmarkgoogoo
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgoonanga
noun a record set by an individual (or team)
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
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hagadauaadea
verb to clear out a place
bookmarkhagadili
verb produce offspring
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagamadagu
verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
adjective inexpensive
bookmarkhai gaavenga
adjective restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai me a gauligi
a childish act
bookmarkhale gai
noun restaurant
bookmarkhhanga lua
verb split in two
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkhidu laangi
noun Sunday
bookmarkhuuhuli
verb
igohi
verb firetongs
bookmarklaamaloo
noun a divination result indicating bad fortune
bookmarklanga
verb weave
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarkllena luu mada
llidi
dress up (esp. in new or very fancy clothes)
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective contented,happy
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkmaadai
noun a cult official (who looked after the cult-house)
bookmarkmaangoa
adjective to be dry
bookmarkmaava
adjective yawn,belch
bookmarkmadaa gamu
noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmalau age
free of hardship (after having had it)
bookmarkmanu de henua
noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)
bookmarkmau
adjective
usual
mmade gimoo
adjective to die in great numbers
bookmarkmmanu
verb do (something)
bookmarkmoele
a lie
bookmarkmoni dui
a canoe rigged for casting for tuna
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmuli moni
noun stern
bookmarkngado
adjective come to the end or limit (of something)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkodo
verb to roof (a house), to thatch (a house)
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarkpo
verb touch
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksalaboli
noun may
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarksii
verb spill out (e.g. too much food in your mouth)
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksobo
adjective rise up (as the sun), get up, jump up
bookmarktahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
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