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aahee ange
what else
bookmarkabiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkbau
adjective to be worth it
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkdaa hatau
verb beat unmercifully
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdabeo
verb unclean,unkempt
bookmarkdagaanga
noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdagi ala
adjective go around aimlessly
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dangau-sissisi
noun
danuaa loo
ok (good)
bookmarkdehui
noun
tens of coconuts
delaa ai huu
that was it (as before)
bookmarkdelaa donu
that there is it for sure
bookmarkdeleulu
verb good at catching tuna
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdiibanga goo dii
a game played by children (to determinewho is "it")
bookmarkdolo
noun
plantsp.: sugarcane
doloinui
adjective
a hard lump inside a female’s stomach
dongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgaalauanga
gai lima dahi
to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgede aola
noun a type of basket
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadau kino
adjective hate each other
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagahaahaanau
verb to help to deliver children on many occasions
bookmarkhagahana iho
verb record for a little while
bookmarkhagaida
verb to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips)
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagamoe
verb put to bed
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhagasao
verb letout (something), disburse (money)
bookmarkhai daahili
verb to compose songs
bookmarkhai duu
verb to carry a baby about
bookmarkhano ahe
echo
bookmarkheboohagi lima
adjective fistfight
bookmarkhedogi
noun the sound of tapping
bookmarkhhou
verb insist upon
bookmarkholi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkiai sago
adjective having special ability (strength, power, etc.) which others do not have, a strong or powerful (person)
bookmarkiga-loa
noun fishsp. (a small flying fish)
bookmarkkadi gauvae
adjective to clench one’s teeth (from cold)
bookmarkkave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarklluhi
adjective an access (of emotion or sensory impression)
bookmarklongaa
adjective annoyed by noise
bookmarkloulou
to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmaadegadega
noun birdsp.: a young bird (still unable to fly) of any bird sp.
bookmarkmada mmea
adjective dark red
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmadau-dalinga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmagiaa
adjective envious, jealous (non-sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmalogu
verb <= ngalogu>
bookmarkmalu gohu
adjective becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)
bookmarkmalua
noun vagina
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in direction),reversed,transposed
bookmarkmanu-daa-uga
noun <= goehau>
bookmarkmasaova laohie o de ngadau
noun dry season
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmatili
adjective come up quickly (like fast-sproutingplants or a quickly erupting skin disease)
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkngadi hai bodu
common-law marriage, concubinage
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarkniho ngalo
noun molarteeth, wisdomteeth
bookmarkoha
verb break, break up, destroy;damage, ruin
bookmarkpaa ono pagola
punished for his bad deeds
bookmarkpelaani
verb fry
bookmarksabeeloi
verb
wrap up (something) hastily
sao gainga
adjective sweep or cleanup trash
bookmarkseedaa
noun october
bookmarksiilinga a muna
noun trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksiva-dahanga
time noun the ninth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
too gili
wrinkled skin (from age)
bookmarkuaasei
a type of small knife
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
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