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aabida
verb make a coil of dried pandanus leaves
bookmarkahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkalaa ai huu
those there only then
bookmarkbaalasi mai (adu)
shine a flashlight toward me (you)
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbakau doo
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkbasa hagamao lalo
speak humbly
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkbua leu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkbuugunga
noun conformation of a bugu
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdaemahadia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagaa
verb a leader (for a fishline, made of olonga)
bookmarkdahi tali
adjective depend on (e.g., to come), rely on
bookmarkdai bigi
adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdee sao age
always fail or be defeated
bookmarkdelaa ai huu
that was it (as before)
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdilia ange
give fish to
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdooa
verb planted
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkdungu iho
adjective smell oneself
bookmarkduu gaso
adjective vertical,straight up and down
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduuaa
verb to be in trouble
bookmarke hanu ana dama
have children
bookmarkeidu ai
treat as a totem, worship, treat as asupernatural being
bookmarkgabinivali
noun a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgabou
noun fishsp.: scad
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkganae oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgau mai vaga
noun <= gau mai moni>
bookmarkgelu-hai-vaelo
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgide gauligi
verb to see from the perspective of a small child
bookmarkgili
skin
bookmarkgoloa lalo
noun gear obtained from foreign lands
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhaadinga haiava
noun bend in a path
bookmarkhagaanu
verb cause to dance or sway
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagalloba ange
verb to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe).
bookmarkhagamele
verb
hagammidi
verb suction of a sea current, undertow
bookmarkhagamouli
verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)
bookmarkhaganaa
verb to calmdown someone who is excited orunhappy
bookmarkhagasao
verb letout (something), disburse (money)
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhai maalisa
having an overhanging reef shelf
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhebaledage
verb a confluence of currents (making the water choppy)
bookmarkivi de biho
noun skull
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarkkosi
verb to scratch (once)
bookmarklaangi hagadaahao
noun fieldday
bookmarklengisi
noun insectsp.: moth spp.
bookmarkllago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarklua-baaua
time noun the second number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkmaadau dagi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmada gide
adjective sharp-eyed, goodat finding things
bookmarkmada nuui
adjective dark green in color
bookmarkmadaala
adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmao lunga
high, high-ranking
bookmarkmau goloa
rich in material possessions
bookmarkme gee
a coconut without any meat
bookmarkme pasa
noun radio
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, byandby
bookmarknanua
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarknebua
verb be nebu
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarknoho donu
adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)
bookmarksalu
verb scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)
bookmarksassabe
adjective about to leave, prepare to leave
bookmarkseloo
numeral millions
bookmarksili gee
stand out from (others in a group) in distane or height
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
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teungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarktubuna aahine
noun grandmother
bookmarkuaua
vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament
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