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anei ange naa
about this
baba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbulubulu malo
noun rag
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdaane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdaelodo
noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu
bookmarkdagai
adjective move jerkily, flail (one’s legs), flounder about
bookmarkdangada ngauda
adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber
bookmarkdangada vai gelegele
a person of filthy appearance or habits
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdauagi
verb dry in the sun
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdili aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun a type of adze (with a small blade, for light chipping)
bookmarkdona
verb wart,mole (raised)
bookmarkdua alohagi
noun fishingline of a size appropriate fortrolling
bookmarkdubuna aahine
noun grandmothers
bookmarkduu modu
adjective vertical cut
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduuli
verb surround
bookmarkduunga gima
noun half of a clam shell
bookmarkgaaui
verb take (someone) along (with one) (esp.carrying, etc.)
bookmarkgaehala
adjective immature breadfruit; an aerial root of a pandanus tree which is used as a jump rope
bookmarkgamalie
adjective do attentively
bookmarkgau hadu
the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgili
skin
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgoloa hebagi
noun arms (tools of war)
bookmarkgumi
noun a measurement: by tens of fathoms
bookmarkhagaau gee
bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid
bookmarkhagabaa
verb to crack (as a nut)
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagammau
adjective poisonous
bookmarkhagapuuninga
noun a total of
bookmarkhagatau
verb arrange (in order), a program; name one after another; refuse to do one’s part because of someone else’s actions
bookmarkhai ange
do to; do for, fix; say to
bookmarkhai dangada
adjective the relationship between relatives, related (of persons)
bookmarkhakoloa
verb provide goloa for; support(someone, with material things)
bookmarkhanu ange
some more
bookmarkhatinga
noun crook of the knee or elbow
bookmarkhua
verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)
bookmarkhuaahai
verb expertise
bookmarkhudaa moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkise
noun fishsp.: halfbeak
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
adjective double-edged
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarkkii mai
verb decreasing
bookmarklanga
verb lift, raise up; copy out (by hand); ship from one place to another
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarkllilo
adjective able to be hooked
bookmarklodo bigede
adjective feel cowardly
bookmarklodo dama
verb immature in affect
bookmarkmaadau mangoo
noun a type of fishhook (for sharks)
bookmarkmaailaba
noun September
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magau danuaa
adjective
die peacefully
magau i togaa
die of shame
mage
magulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in direction),reversed,transposed
bookmarkmami age
taste (something) a little bit
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmanaunaua
verb crazy,insane
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkme hagaodi
noun last one
bookmarkmoosugia
verb ripened unevenly (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkngalubelube
verb tremble or vibrate in the air
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarkngalue iho
adjective reduced,decreased
bookmarknoodalo
duplicate
bookmarknoogele
verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie
bookmarkolongaa
noun plantsp.: treesp.: a shrubbytree sp. (pipturus argenteus (forst.f.) wedd.)
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarksalu
verb scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)
bookmarksaulolua
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarksiba
verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking
bookmarksigi manu
adjective to transplant a plant
bookmarkugu
rub (with pressure, as with sandpaper); the skin of the stingray used for sanding
bookmarkulumonu
porpoise
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