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abi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkaha ai
what for
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkanumia
verb bobbing in the water
bookmarkataula
noun anchor rope
bookmarkbiigia
verb be stuck to completely
bookmarkbuuia
verb be struck with something shot out from something else
bookmarkdagidogoisi
adjective very few for each one
bookmarkdahea gee
drift away
bookmarkdahi ma dahi
each individual
bookmarkdahinga
noun way of shaving
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdau hoohanga
verb the season during which birds lay eggs
bookmarkdau laagii
adjective to put on an ornament for a special purpose
bookmarkdee masae de leo
lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)
bookmarkdii de laa
the shining of the sun
bookmarkdogo duu
verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkduugia i de gai
be tired of eating a particular kind of food
bookmarkgaalau
noun birdsp.: brownbooby
bookmarkgada-moana
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgai hagassii
verb eat messily (letting the food fall from one’s hands and mouth)
bookmarkgalubu
a type of toy
bookmarkganava
noun plantsp.: treesp.: cordiatree(cordia subcordata lam.)
bookmarkgau hadu
noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgili maalama
verb light-skinned
bookmarkgoloa labagau
noun carpenter’s tools
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhadu lalo
noun a stone on which hermit crabs are crushed (to use for bait)
bookmarkhagabiigia
verb to make sticky
bookmarkhagadaahao ai
do something as though it were a game
bookmarkhagadae
verb to give a hand net to
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadama
verb treat as a child
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagadubu o manu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagahidu (ina)
verb the name of a person in a traditional story
bookmarkhagalaagii
verb
decorate, adorn; ornament
hagamalo
verb provide clothes for
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagaseguli
verb make a total of one hundred thousand
bookmarkhala a buadaia
noun a log used as a lever or fulcrum
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkheohi ange
suited to,fit (with),appropriate to
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhhuge
verb open (something),uncover
bookmarkhoimanu
noun fishsp.: eagleray
bookmarkhusi
noun tarobog, swamp
bookmarkkano mouli
adjective fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarkkona iho
adjective be too much for one
bookmarklanea
adjective much,plenty
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective happy
bookmarklodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmada hoou
adjective brand new
bookmarkmahole
adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)
bookmarkmalo gahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkmasana
verb good (quality)
bookmarkme duu
clitoris
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmeemouli
noun living thing
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmoana dabeo
verb rough seas
bookmarkmoe dolo
verb to sneak into another’s house at night for the purpose of having sexual relations
bookmarkmui
verb gathered around (something)
bookmarknguu
noun squid (3 types)
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkohu
a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarkolaa
a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
salu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksao gainga
sweep or clean up trash
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarkseni
adjective sleep
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarktangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkua
noun neck
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