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adamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkbagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbalavini
adjective clumsy, awkward (e.g., in carriage)
bookmarkbalu gauanga
adjective trembling of legs
bookmarkboibala
adjective watery (of prepared food)
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
bubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbugaliaa
daia e sseni
very sleepy
bookmarkdao
noun a spear, branch of (part of)
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdaumaha de manu
noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears
bookmarkdegi
adjective kind, generous, forgiving
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdemeenaa
that one where you are
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying
bookmarkdoga
adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)
bookmarkdogi
noun adze; a tapping movement
bookmarkdogo huadia
verb a way of punting a canoe
bookmarkdolo-mea
noun spinystarfish
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkdoo de ssui
still damp (but becoming dry)
bookmarkdubuna aahine
noun grandmothers
bookmarkdugu de laa
lower sail
bookmarkdui moni
noun a fleet of canoes (in line)
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduudae goede
noun the inky excretion of the octopus
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food made from taro
bookmarke muni
verb hidden, be
bookmarkgabou
noun fishsp.: scad
bookmarkgalisi
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgalu
noun viscous sputum
bookmarkganae oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgau dahi
adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)
bookmarkgoehau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)
bookmarkguanga
noun a type of basket
bookmarkhadi de uga
the curvature of a fish line when angling (due to underwater currents)
bookmarkhagaahee
adjective when (near future)
bookmarkhagadabena ange
prepare for
bookmarkhagadau gavange
adjective compete (between groups)
bookmarkhagadubu o manu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting
bookmarkhagaingoo ai
called by (named)
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagammau
verb memorize
bookmarkhagaodi
verb end of (e.g., time)
bookmarkhagapasa
verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other
bookmarkhagasao
verb letout (something), disburse (money)
bookmarkhagavalu (ina)
verb make a total of eight
bookmarkhai aoa ina
bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkholi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkhungi
verb tricks of self-defense (some of which are like judo or karate)
bookmarkiganibongi
noun fishsp.
bookmarklahu me
adjective inclined to be suspicious
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
maalama
verb light (not dark),bright
bookmarkmaalava
verb the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmada galava
noun spear foreshaft
bookmarkmadalua maa lima
number twenty five
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkmasagi
noun a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmmano
noun thousands
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmoosugia
verb ripened unevenly (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmouli
verb to live; be alive
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngadoa
verb to have ngado
bookmarkpala de langi
verb rain
bookmarksaibo saele
adjective rush around aimlessly (of a group of people)
bookmarkse me be hee
extraordinary or unusual (esp. in size)
bookmarksee
adjective
barely, just barely
seni ange
rest up for (e.g., the next day’s work)
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksomo dae
noun fully mature coconutapple
bookmarktalinga
noun ear
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