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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkagule
verb pick head lice
bookmarkalaa laa
those (there) which were there
bookmarkbahhaa
adjective to make a sound, like that of a turtle gasping for breath; the sound of air exhaled suddenly
bookmarkbangadala
noun fish sp.: seabass
bookmarkboaa ina mai
prevented from coming by being caught in a storm
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkboonei
noun fish sp.: damselfish
bookmarkbungaleu
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkdaabeduge
verb work seriously
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdae de ua
have a good time
bookmarkdagaligiligi
adjective broken into small pieces
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdahola
verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)
bookmarkdai bigi
adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout
bookmarkdangau-paava
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdanuaa age
improved,better
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkdena
that
bookmarkdenei ai huu
this is it still
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)
bookmarke aha goe
how about
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai me
adjective eat food
bookmarkgau anga
noun thigh
bookmarkgau looloa gaadinga
noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts
bookmarkgava-dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgave ala
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkgili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgu odi ange ona
he has done all he could
bookmarkguboa
verb being used in connection with group activity
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
cushion starfish
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagadubuna
verb treat as dubuna
bookmarkhagaduugau
verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs
bookmarkhagalloba ange
verb to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe).
bookmarkhagamabua
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagamua
verb be first; get closer to
bookmarkhai bao
verb divided into compartments
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhebolo
adjective a sign made with the eyes
bookmarkheboohagi mai
found fighting
bookmarkhedau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: alexandrianlaureltree (calophyllum inophyllum l.)
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhenua monga
noun land (island) of mountains
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkholiage
verb go about something in a complete circle
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhudaa moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarklaosedi
noun seawater
bookmarklau ligi
verb having small leaves
bookmarklodo bigede
adjective feel cowardly
bookmarkmaadau dagi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaadau hholu
noun a fishhook made of wire
bookmarkmada mmea
dark red
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmama
noun dust, gas, steam,vapor, fumes, spray (e.g., of waves)
bookmarkmaoli
a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarkme ne modu
decision
bookmarkmoni lele
airplane
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkngadi uaa
adjective assent to insincerely
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkosia
verb taken for planting
bookmarkpilo
adjective stink
bookmarksahe
noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow
bookmarksali
adjective flow, seep
bookmarkse agoo
adept at
bookmarkse gainga
adjective abundant
bookmarkse me gi hee
in which direction is the current running
bookmarksenga manu
stupid (like an animal)
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarksomo dae
fully mature coconut apple
bookmarkulungaa iga
a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.
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