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balagelage
adjective crippled and unable to walk
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
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buu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkdaa de hia
what time is it
bookmarkdange
noun mollusksp.: giantclam (tridacnasquammosa)
bookmarkdangi de musu
hear whispering (of others)
bookmarkdauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdenaa maa
that is about (approximately)
bookmarkdenaa sili
that is enough
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
donga
noun plantsp.: orientalmangrove(bruguiera gymnorhiza (l.) lam.)
bookmarkdoo de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkduudae maadau
noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>
bookmarkea gi lunga
to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgaime
verb eat (intransitive)
bookmarkgalo
adjective look at, stare
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkgavange
adjective
give or bring to (someone)
gu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
haale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhadu de moana
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkhagaaigoli
noun a food tree on another’s land
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadali
verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)
bookmarkhagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagadoe
verb put aside, leave for later, conserve
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagahidi i tege
to throw a wrestler using one’s hip
bookmarkhagalanea
verb cause to increase in quantity; greedy
bookmarkhagatangohi
verb the fading of light after sunset
bookmarkhai madangi
adjective passwind (flatus)
bookmarkhai me moolau
an habitually fast worker
bookmarkhaiva dee agona
sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’
bookmarkhale baabaa
noun frame house
bookmarkhano i luu moana
die (a person)
bookmarkhenuu
noun placenta
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhhuge age malo
lift up one’s skirts (to expose one’s genitals)
bookmarkhilo hagamaasui
verb
to braid sennit with the left hand;
hoa
noun side (of humans), below the hips
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkhuligee
turn away from, turn inside out (of clothes)
bookmarkili luu bongaa usu
ina-gi-hale
a row of thatch
bookmarklaamasee
noun a divination result indicating good fortune
bookmarklabua
verb knead thoroughly
bookmarklagi
noun pertaining to the open sea
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklangi maakau
the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarklaohie
noun drought
bookmarklau me
noun adjacent (of taro plots only)
bookmarklauali
verb immature leaves
bookmarkllago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarklugu
verb take or obtain something by force
bookmarkmaalo age
have become maalo
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmadagauhala
noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmagau loo au
now i’m really in trouble
bookmarkmahanga
adjective be split open
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmanavasaa
adjective worried, apprehensive,fearful
bookmarkmanu de gabadanga
noun
the bird leading a flock (of ngongo) to a school of fish
manu-gaba-aasanga
noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)
bookmarkmanu-solo-maanu
noun a jellyfish-like animal in the shape of a flower (burrows into the sand when touched)
bookmarkmaoli
a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarknodi
verb to tie a knot in the hair
bookmarknoho ai
occupy or live in (a place)
bookmarkodo
verb thatch
bookmarkoha de ganomada
to work on a craft item (e.g., a canoe) with a model in mind of the finished product which is different from that of the person who began the work
bookmarkoho
verb to do something, or go somewhere, early in the morning
bookmarkse aha goe
you’re a nobody
bookmarksoaa lodo
noun the paddlers of a canoe which is engaged in catching flying fish
bookmarksolo
to grate or file something; to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food made from grated taro
bookmarksula
verb arrive
bookmarktegi
adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
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