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agoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkahe iho
diminish (in intensity)
bookmarkahu
noun islet
bookmarkbangulu
noun a part of a traditional loom
bookmarkbasa senga
adjective speak senselessly
bookmarkbuudunga
noun pile of, group of
bookmarkdaadaanga sala
adjective ugly-looking
bookmarkdaamada age
adjective start again
bookmarkdaemahadia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdagodo
adjective
situation, circumstance; liedown
dai seni
adjective sleepy
bookmarkdalangasau
verb be quick-witted in an emergency
bookmarkdao tili
noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdenei sili
this is enough
bookmarkduu baeao
noun piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu bale
verb not quite vertical
bookmarkgabaduu
verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgai me hagadau doa
eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)
bookmarkgai modo
verb eat when still unripe
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkgamu
verb cut (something)
bookmarkgapese
a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgava-dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgili dama
verb soft-skinned
bookmarkgoloa o de hine
female genitalia
bookmarkgoobai-o-lillo
noun mollusk sp.: trochus
bookmarkgu gide huu
spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)
bookmarkhagaholau
verb banish from the island (in a canoe with no paddle or food)
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagamao lalo
verb humble,modest
bookmarkhagamulimuli
verb "this is the end" (of a chant)
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
inexpensive
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhai duu
verb to carry a baby about
bookmarkhano ai
attend (e.g., church services)
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhhoda
gasp for breath
bookmarkhidu-malama
time noun july (’seventh month’)
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
holiagi
verb
honga de masavaa
at the time of
bookmarkhooia donu huu
at the best possible time or place
bookmarkhuaa me
noun a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
bookmarkhulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkkalo
adjective sharp (as a knife); a sharp pointed canoe (designed to ride easily in rough seas)
bookmarkkano mouli
noun fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarkkobu dango
adjective the splash of a small object (like a dango) hitting the water at high velocity
bookmarklaangai buusagi
noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklaomalie
adjective big
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarklodo kabi
verb filled to capacity
bookmarklodo lanea
adjective indecisive,confused
bookmarkloua ama
verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged
bookmarkma hee
where else
bookmarkmaanu
adjective to float in place (not drifting) on the surface of the water (with no anchor)
bookmarkmaaui
verb givebirth to, born
bookmarkmadaangahulu
numeral ten (objects)
bookmarkmagau de lima
a paralyzed arm
bookmarkmalaelae
adjective clear, unobstructed, uncluttered
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmasoasoa
spacious
bookmarkme hai dago
ritual acts,religious acts
bookmarkmoosee
verb not quite cooked (of anything but fish)
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkngaoheohe
verb easily bent (impermanently)
bookmarknoho dodo
coagulation of blood
bookmarknoho hagamaaiongi
adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)
bookmarkonge
verb famine
bookmarksaelea
verb walkedupon
bookmarksali tae
adjective intractable watery diarrhea
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarksobaga
fish sp. tang
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarkssae de manava
struggle to breathe
bookmarktainadaane o dogu bodu
noun brother in law
bookmarktama hagai
poor fellow!
bookmarkttea
adjective white
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
bookmarkvaiduu
lazy
bookmarkvalu llau
number eight hundred
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