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abasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkaha bagua
noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)
bookmarkaloo anahee
for how long has this been going on
bookmarkanaa ange naa
about that
aso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaasi madau
adjective right side, right-handed
bookmarkbaoa
verb wash up on shore
bookmarkbini dali gadaha
a method of braiding dali into string to make a bird snare; six-ply braiding (of rope)
bookmarkbuli
verb grab up
bookmarkbulobulou
verb to net flying fish
bookmarkbungaleu
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkdaahili daumaha
adjective a church song
bookmarkdaamada age
adjective start again
bookmarkdaamadaa-sele
noun insectsp.: waterbug
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdahia
verb
shave
dala-galoi
noun fishsp.: puffer
bookmarkdao tili
noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached
bookmarkdau langi
verb rainy season
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell
bookmarkdoo de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkgaanoni
noun
an omen of death
gaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgano dea
noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgatae
noun fishingnet (attached to a frame or handle)
bookmarkgau mai moni
noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)
bookmarkgave
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkgide sala
adjective misidentify
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundarystone
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagaboo
adjective greet; take leave of
bookmarkhagadabena ange
prepare for
bookmarkhagadaubulebule
verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)
bookmarkhagadiinonga
verb treat as having supernatural power
bookmarkhagaduu ngae
adjective earnestly; to the limits of one’s capacity; struggle (e.g., to complete work)
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagallogo
noun chant (in the old religious ceremony)
bookmarkhagaola
verb save from
bookmarkhagasugi ange
to use an abbreviated name or acronym
bookmarkhaiva dee agona
sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’
bookmarkheboohagi
adjective fight
bookmarkheboohagi lima
adjective fistfight
bookmarkhegai
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkivi de biho
noun skull
bookmarkkii age
move upward; reach a certain age
bookmarkkono
adjective grunt (once)
bookmarkkosi-honga-agau
noun mollusksp.: trachycardium orbita
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarkma tua
besides
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmadaa moni
noun prow of a canoe
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkmaomao
adjective more and more; diminishing rainfall
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmau
adjective to finish defecating
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmouli dangada
noun delinquent person (periodically exhibiting bad behavior)
bookmarkngauda
inland of; landlubber
bookmarknngahu
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkono-malama
time noun june (’sixth month’)
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarksae iho
adjective tear from the top down; break through the bush (coming downhill)
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarksebaga
numeral tens of billions
bookmarkseni
adjective sleep
bookmarksigi manu
adjective to transplant a plant
bookmarksiva-dahanga
time noun the ninth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkssii
a hissing sound used to indicate disapproval
bookmarkssuugulu
noun school
bookmarktahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
bookmarktoo gili
wrinkled skin (from age)
bookmarkua-mea
red-throated frigate bird
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