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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkabo donu
adu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkalaa ange naa
about that
amu ligi
fine threads or hairs or fibers (in feather or leaf); fine-feathered
bookmarkangi
verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)
bookmarkbaguu de laa
past noon
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbalangi
noun fish sp., tang
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkboo ga dae laa
my goodness
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbunehulu
adjective slow in running or walking
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
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dalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdama ssege
noun a foetus which has been aborted
bookmarkdangada ulu
noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well
bookmarkdanuaa age
improved,better
bookmarkdelaa naa loo
that there could be it
bookmarkdeleulu
verb good at catching tuna
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdenei tagodo
this is the situation...
bookmarkduiagi
verb fishing using a whole fish as bait
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarkduubulei
noun head of the penis
bookmarkduumaa
unclassified remainder (less than the preceding number); about, approximately
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabe
gouge out
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective exaggerate (esp. in storytelling)
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgano dea
noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgaso
roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgauligi daane
male child, boy
bookmarkgelu-hai-vaelo
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhadu de moana
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaao
verb cause to be sufficient
bookmarkhagaava
verb relieve
bookmarkhagamadaagi
verb to teach someone to madaagi
bookmarkhai mainu
verb collect bait
bookmarkhaiva dee agona
sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’
bookmarkhale suunugi
noun
a house with eaves touching the ground
hano gi oona
very,exceedingly
bookmarkhhoa de usu
to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhoe
noun a canoepaddle
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iho daahagi
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]
bookmarkise ngaio
noun needlefish
bookmarkkii
verb move away
bookmarkkona iho
adjective be too much for one
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklau de alelo
be unable to speak clearly, owing to a stuttering problem
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklloba
adjective
fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);
lodo mao lalo
characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit
bookmarkmaduupaa
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkmagi sali usu
headcold,runny nose
bookmarkmagini
a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmai i daha
from outside
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
masavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmmano
noun thousands
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmoumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarknoho mai (adu, ange)
resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmarkpaa de hoa
happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)
bookmarksaaliba
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarksaavale
verb spit,drool,sputum
bookmarksagulaa-saamono
noun fishsp.
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarktabuvae
noun toe
bookmarkteungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
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