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agoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkaha bagua
noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)
bookmarkanga
adjective pay attention to (notice), be aware of
bookmarkanumia
verb bobbing in the water
bookmarkaonga
noun sort or degree of daybreak
bookmarkbaasi e haa o de langi
the four quadrants of the sky
bookmarkbangi mada aasanga
a certain way of pinching with the fingers
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkboa
noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
daaloa
verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)
bookmarkdagi ala
adjective go around aimlessly
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdamaa-manu
noun birdsp.: sharp-tailedsandpiper(erolia acuminata)
bookmarkdauhuli (ange)
noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face
bookmarkdee kasi
perhaps
bookmarkdii de laa
the shining of the sun
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
doo mai de malino
completely calm
bookmarkdua hagalalo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing
bookmarkduu ange
adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)
bookmarkege iho
adjective lower (something)
bookmarkgaisaa
verb wasteful in preparing food,uneconomical
bookmarkganabu
noun the base of a coconut tree trunk
bookmarkgave ala
a method of planting mats
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgoonanga
noun a record set by an individual (or team)
bookmarkguao
noun
the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore
hadu o de mamu
noun the hard stomach-like organ of certain fish
bookmarkhadu-bunga
noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma
bookmarkhagabuni
verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagadania
verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit
bookmarkhagailonga ange agina
assign (someone) to; use something as a landmark
bookmarkhagaingoo
verb give a name to, named, called
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagatangohi
verb the fading of light after sunset
bookmarkhai modo
verb eat (or pick) when still unripe
bookmarkhale pono
noun prison, jail
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun fishsp.: flatfish
bookmarkhiidagi
verb
hinangalosaa iho
adjective self-pity
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkise
noun fishsp.: halfbeak
bookmarkkano siabo
noun the meat on the side of the fish’s head
bookmarkkobu dango
adjective the splash of a small object (like a dango) hitting the water at high velocity
bookmarklaangai buusagi
a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarkllaga
verb take a single step
bookmarkllonga
verb muscle fatigue
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarklua-aligi
adjective chiefmate (of a european ship)
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmada galava
noun spear foreshaft
bookmarkmada-galisi
verb the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lua
number twelve
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmadamada
verb compete (as between individuals); front of
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagau danuaa
die peacefully (shown by a beatific facial expression on the corpse and the calmness of the weather)
bookmarkmagi dabeo
menstruation
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkme hagaahulu
prepared food
bookmarkme hagaahulu
noun prepared food
bookmarkmoenga
bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkpaa de mahedua
sneeze loudly
bookmarksaalua
verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched
bookmarkse aha au naa
you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree
bookmarksii bido lua
vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksuisui
become wet
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
bookmark
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rub (with pressure, as with sandpaper); the skin of the stingray used for sanding
bookmarkuhe
wasteful of taro when peeling it
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