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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkadiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkalomasige
adjective hasten to go or come
bookmarkanaa dagodo
those are the circumstances...
bookmarkaoa
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: banyan tree (Ficus prolixa Forst.)
bookmarkau e dee gai naa loo
I’ll bet you can’t
bookmarkbaasi madau
adjective right side, right-handed
bookmarkbe aha naa huu
whatever; if ever
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbopobo
adjective deteriorated
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdama hodooligi
noun
children of the chief
danedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdangada ngauda
adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber
bookmarkdaumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkdebedebe
verb the folds of skin around the waist
bookmarkdegi
verb to jerk; get something quickly
bookmarkdenga meenei
these ones (plural)
bookmarkdiinei de madangi
a decrease of wind velocity
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdonu
adjective understand; truth, right, correct
bookmarkdoonga pada
noun heavy-duty equipment or fishing gear; a large penis
bookmarkdua daabasi
noun the size of fishing line appropriate for tuna fishing
bookmarkduu modu
adjective vertical cut
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkga aha
and then did what
bookmarkgada gimoo
adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkgano agau
reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgano dea
noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgauligi ange
younger than
bookmarkgoluu
pronoun you (dual)
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhadi bodo
adjective breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagallongo de lau nui
to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagammae lodo
verb insult (someone)
bookmarkhagamommomo
verb reduce a little at a time
bookmarkhagatanga
adjective funny, silly
bookmarkhagatevea
verb <= hagatevelia>
bookmarkhai bao
verb divided into compartments
bookmarkhai huaabodu
treat someone (including one’s spouse) as a relative by not asking permission to use or borrow property; treat a relative as belonging to another family altogether
bookmarkhanga-mea
noun
hanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhegai
adjective eat ravenously
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhonu de maasina
noun full moon
bookmarkhuaahuu
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkhuevini
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkina-gi-hale
a row of thatch
bookmarkivi sulu
noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)
bookmarklaagau
wood, stick (of wood)
bookmarklaagau-bala-uda
noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)
bookmarklengisi
noun insectsp.: moth spp.
bookmarklevango
adjective fight
bookmarkllahi
noun fishsp. (= small hagaudalolo)
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarkmaahe
adjective decrease (in strength, rate of growth, etc.)
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmahi bodo
adjective easily tired
bookmarkmahuge
maingaa
miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value
bookmarkmmaunga
noun way of memorizing, (way of havingmemorized)
bookmarkmmudi
adjective sprinkling (of rain)
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmoni sulu
submarine
bookmarkmoomada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmuia
verb be mui
bookmarknaba
adjective a slip of the tongue
bookmarkngago
brain; egg
bookmarkngau hala
verb bite someone
bookmarkniho gaina
noun teeth with cavities
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarkolonoa
sea cucumber
bookmarkpanga
adjective
sulu
dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)
bookmarktangada mange
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