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aho
noun fishing line of the sort used for adu fishing
bookmarkamu
verb twirl fibers (with ina); fibers for the manufacture of rope or cloth, etc.
bookmarkbagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbasa hagassee
verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made
bookmarkbigi
adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)
bookmarkbodu
noun spouse
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdaamada age
adjective start again
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdao o gasoni
noun
a type of a cloud formation
dau mamu
verb the season in which fish are abundant
bookmarkde ahi
noun the fire
bookmarkdelaa ai huu
that was it (as before)
bookmarkdelaa maa
that there was about (approximately)
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdumuagi
noun top of the head, bare hilltop
bookmarkduu inai
duugia i de gai
be tired of eating a particular kind of food
bookmarkduulanga
noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of
bookmarkgadebega
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgahoo
verb wear
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkgana
bad person
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhaangoda dua beau
a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabidoa
verb be the last
bookmarkhagadabanimeeli
verb to make payment for medical treatment
bookmarkhagadonu muna
adjective act as an interpreter
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagaleo
verb to produce sound
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
verb attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamaadua
verb be oldest among
bookmarkhagamele
verb
hagapago donu
adjective fortunate result
bookmarkhagasau madangi
verb to be exposed to the wind
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhagateve
verb bristle, ready for a fight (of animals)
bookmarkhai gainga
adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound
bookmarkhainamanilaluoo
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhanu ange
some more
bookmarkheboohagi lima
adjective fistfight
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkholi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkhonga de masavaa
at the time of
bookmarkhuna me
adjective a habitual thief
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarklanga
verb lift, raise up; copy out (by hand); ship from one place to another
bookmarklau manu
noun leaf of a plant
bookmarklavalava
noun wrap skirt; sarong
bookmarklenga
noun a preparation made from ango and doidoi (q.v.)
bookmarkllago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarklodo manege
adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
madolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmahana age
heartburn <>
bookmarkmanu solo laagau
file (for filing wood)
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkmomme
noun a place
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkngadi biho
noun head
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkoda
verb eat (something) raw
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarksiga
verb
to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool
sinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarktahi-malama
noun January (’first month’)
bookmarkuhi
to replace a ridge pole cover of a thatch house; to cover the sides of a house with plaited green coconut leaves as protection against ghosts
bookmarkvaasuu ai
vasu
timid, shy
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