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abulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkahe iho
diminish (in intensity)
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkaoa
verb misshapen fruit
bookmarkbabaiangi
verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)
bookmarkbebelia
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkdaelodo
noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu
bookmarkdagua-bodo
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdalaa ubu
noun charcoal from the coconut shell
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdao malui
noun a spear with a hinged barb
bookmarkdau gadea
noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkde gai i mua
favorite food
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdenei sili
this is enough
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdii ange
a method of fishing in which the lure at the end of the pole is jerked to attract fish
bookmarkdili dangada
adjective to fail to discharge one’s obligations to help (esp. one’s kin)
bookmarkdino boo
noun nights (2) when the full moon appears just after sunset
bookmarkdolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkdoloa
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdongi ange
appoint
bookmarkdoo ngaiho
adjective the blowing of the wind from the north
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkduunga gima
noun half of a clam shell
bookmarkgabetili
parent-in-law
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
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galele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkgalubu
noun a type of toy
bookmarkgau bini
noun a tool used in braiding rope
bookmarkgauligi daane
noun male child,boy
bookmarkgavada
noun
a type of basket
geelonga i magaova o luu/denga moounga
noun valley
bookmarkgoloa labagau
noun carpenter’s tools
bookmarkgubo
verb work with concentration in the midstof a group
bookmarkhaangodalia
verb a suitable (place) for fishing
bookmarkhagaava ange
lean on someone for support
bookmarkhagabigo de ngago
fool (someone), deceive
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hagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahaa (ina)
verb make a total of four
bookmarkhagalligi
verb make very small
bookmarkhagapago sala
unfortunate result
bookmarkhagaseloo
verb make a total of one million
bookmarkhagatangohi
verb the fading of light after sunset
bookmarkhai de hai
adjective stubborn, willful
bookmarkhai donu
adjective
do properly by accident; do on purpose
hao
verb drill through,burrow
bookmarkhhadi
verb snapped off
bookmarkhhano gi daha
to wash one’s hands in such a way that the dirty water does not fall back into the basin or well
bookmarkhhuge age malo
lift up one’s skirts (to expose one’s genitals)
bookmarkhilo saele
adjective spread venereal disease
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ieiangi
adjective recovered from illness
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship, etc.)
bookmarklaulau hoe
noun the blade of the canoe paddle
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarkmada duulanga
noun an important position (spatially)
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmada gi daha
adjective having the point bent outward (away from its handle)
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
me bouli
noun the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarknao
verb to extract by gouging out with a finger
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkpoo
adjective grab or catch in a single act
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksauduu
noun mermaid
bookmarksila
verb look for
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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