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aahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkaamuli
noun descendants (in all inferior generations)
bookmarkago i tua
learn by heart
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbaanabu
noun
stone (from banaba
basaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkbige
noun a strip of land extending into the sea or a swamp
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbulu
noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdaa hatau
verb beat unmercifully
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdaane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdaemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdai deeai
almost none
bookmarkdamadaa
verb to have started it; to have begun it
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdaohi ange dahi hai
argue against
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdee vaaseegina
hardly able to wait for
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.
bookmarkdoo sala
adjective accidentally
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkdugu dagidahi
verb place (or leave off) one at a time
bookmarkduu gee
adjective out of alignment
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarkga noho
after a time
bookmarkgaadinga lamallie
noun a coconut with an unusually large-sized kernel
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
early evening, late in the afternoon.
bookmarkgaehala
adjective immature breadfruit; an aerial root of a pandanus tree which is used as a jump rope
bookmarkgai me
adjective eat food
bookmarkgalabe
noun seacucumber sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgauna
verb invite
bookmarkgava dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgide
verb see
bookmarkgoloa hai umu
noun implements and supplies needed in connection with use of the earth oven
bookmarkhaahaa
verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative
bookmarkhagaalo-mea
verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkhagadania
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagahana
verb reheat or recook food (to preserve it for a longer time)
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagamaingaa
verb cause one to feel maingaa
bookmarkhagamainu
verb provide with bait
bookmarkhagapago sala
unfortunate result
bookmarkhagasaalunga de lungi
a member of the Christian Endeavor Society
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
huahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkio alo
noun lower io, q.v.
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
lollolo
oily
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkloselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkmaaui
verb givebirth to, born
bookmarkmadaa moni
noun prow of a canoe
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama
time noun november (’eleventh month’)
bookmarkmagi haahine
adjective menstruation
bookmarkmaingaa
adjective miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value
bookmarkmainu daodao
malamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in direction),reversed,transposed
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmaoli
a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarkme dili dai
any current which flows away from the atoll
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ngadi humai
adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)
bookmarkngalue iho
adjective reduced,decreased
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkngudula
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkohu
a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarkse goo
adept at
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksolo
to grate or file something; to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food made from grated taro
bookmarktabuvae
noun toe
bookmarktangaho
noun liver
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