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alaa ange naa
about that
atangada
noun generation, age set
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbaua
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkboobua
noun dragonfly
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkdaabui
verb enclose
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdagitilo
verb watchful, be on the lookout, keep aneye on
bookmarkdahido mada
noun inner corner of the eye
bookmarkdangaligi
noun type of basket
bookmarkdeaamonga
noun
deengaa gamalie
adjective let’s do it attentively
bookmarkdenaa ai laa
that was it
bookmarkdoo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkdua haangoda de boo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate forhaangoda de boo
bookmarkdugu de gubenga
set a gubenga net
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkduudae goede
noun the inky excretion of the octopus
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continue upon
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgaimalie
adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundarystone
bookmarkhagaaigoli
noun a food tree on another’s land
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabinga
verb name (something)
bookmarkhagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
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hagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagadonu
verb trust, believe; interpret; support as a witness
bookmarkhagadubu o de ahi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaedeede
verb balance precariously
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahula
noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagalili
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagamaasui
noun a current which flows to the left
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagaobe
verb cause to have obe
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhai aha
adjective what relationship
bookmarkhai daahili
adjective to compose songs
bookmarkhai hegau hilo
work hypocritically (appearing to follow the rules but secretly violating the prohibitions)
bookmarkhai me a gauligi
a childish act
bookmarkhale hongagelegele
noun outhouse
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun flatfish
bookmarkhangaabo
verb the fitting together of the two halves of something, so that it is closed
bookmarkhegau
noun work,activity,occupation
bookmarkhhanga
verb split open, open up, or separate, all at once
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkhidi
verb
to topple over
hilo hagamaadau
verb
to braid sennit with the right hand;
honga de mouli
during the lifetime of
bookmarkhonu de maasina
noun full moon
bookmarkili taalanga
talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length
bookmarkkii ange
increase
bookmarklaalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklehua
verb blurred; covered with ashes
bookmarklodo gaiaa
competitive, envious, desious of retaliating
bookmarklodo gapua
noun seaward part of a gapua
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmassala
clear-headed
bookmarkme hagaodi
noun last one
bookmarkme tao
noun dye
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkni aha
what are these
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkodo
verb thatch
bookmarkoha valaai
adjective to disobey the instructions of a healer
bookmarkpanga
adjective
sassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksauligi
noun a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarkse gainga
abundant
bookmarkseguli
numeral hundreds of thousands
bookmarksobo
adjective rise up (as the sun), get up, jump up
bookmarktainadaane
noun brother
bookmarktuugili
noun goosebumps
bookmarkvaenga o de langi
Milky Way
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