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aahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkaalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkago
verb learn, teach
bookmarkalamooi
noun june
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbalu malau
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbinge
adjective pink
bookmarkbooi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)
bookmarkdaalinga
noun an area near the flowering part of a coconut tree (where birds perch)
bookmarkdaane honu
noun a person of many accomplishments
bookmarkdaatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdaea
adjective to have arrived at
bookmarkdangada haangoda
noun fisherman
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdao ssanga
noun roof support (top) poles, wall plates
bookmarkdau dinae
noun a period during which many women arepregnant at the same time
bookmarkde gai i mua
favorite food
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdenga daanunga
noun graves
bookmarkdiinonga-o-salo
noun fishsp.
bookmarkduage
verb stand
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduu-baeao
noun fishsp.: filefish
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object(such as a mat)
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgabidia
verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgailalopoli
adjective stingy
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkgana
noun bad person
bookmarkgasia
verb worthwhile,important,valuable
bookmarkgau
noun grouping (of people)
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgide
verb see
bookmarkgiebu
noun plantsp.: spiderlily(hymenocallis littoralis (jacq.) salisb.)
bookmarkgolee bugaliaa
hagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagaduu i luu goo
hagalanu
verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagamaaiongi
adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)
bookmarkhagamalemolemoanga
noun
hagamoni
verb provide a canoe for
bookmarkhagamou
verb include in a mou
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
inexpensive
bookmarkhagasae gili
pierce the skin superficially
bookmarkhagauda i tege
carry a basket, etc., on one’s hip
bookmarkhai de ama
to have a spouse
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhale de henua
hanu ange
some more
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhege
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkhesilihaginga haiava
noun intersection
bookmarkhiidagi
verb
holi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkholiagi
verb
ilo
noun worm
bookmarkiloo me
adjective charlatanism
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarkkangi odi
adjective too sharp
bookmarkmaalama dua de laa
the light remaining after sunset
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa ono
number sixteen
bookmarkmadea
verb identify,recognize
bookmarkmahidi
adjective
separated from and curled up from
manu-gili-maau
noun plantsp.: heliotrope(tournefortia argentea l.,= messerschmidia argentea l.)
bookmarkmanu-ligi
verb lice (immature); louse (immature)
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkme duu
clitoris
bookmarkme pasa
noun radio
bookmarkmeemouli
noun living thing
bookmarkmmasi
adjective the ripened condition of the fruit of the pandanus (when the keys begin to fall)
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkmule
adjective slow; late
bookmarknoobiho
adjective be enemies (of individuals only)
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarkolaadeu
pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksaibo
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarkse hono
fit well or properly
bookmarksebaga
numeral tens of billions
bookmarkseni tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarkua dodo
rain of a reddish color - an omen of death
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
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