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aasolo
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkalaa ai
those only
bookmarkamu ligi
fine threads or hairs or fibers (in feather or leaf); fine-feathered
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkbagu
noun scab, crust
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkbii o madahasi
a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night
bookmarkbodubodu-o-uda
noun insect sp.
bookmarkboibala
adjective watery (of prepared food)
bookmarkbuu ili
daedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdaelodo
noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu
bookmarkdahea iho
adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdalia
adjective tired
bookmarkdanu de maasina
the setting of the moon
bookmarkdaula duu nui
noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground
bookmarkde aha
which is it
bookmarkdenaa ai loo
that is it (which has been decided upon)
bookmarkdiinei de madangi
a decrease of wind velocity
bookmarkdolo bala
verb to climb a coconut tree without using a rope (on one’s hands or feet) for assistance
bookmarkdotodo
verb bloody (of a person)
bookmarkdua haangoda de boo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate forhaangoda de boo
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkelunga
noun top of, the position over (something)
bookmarkga noho
after a time
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gabola
verb flatten out something mushy
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgalo hagalegunga
adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way
bookmarkgamu
verb cut (something)
bookmarkganae
noun fishsp.: mullet
bookmarkgede hadu
noun
a type of basket
goa
noun termite
bookmarkhaa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhagaalo-mea
verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaboo
adjective greet; take leave of
bookmarkhagadogoisi
verb reduce in number, make fewer
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrespectful way
bookmarkhagammuni
verb hide (something) from
bookmarkhagasegedia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagatala senga
adjective foolishly rough playing or joking
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhagi me
adjective pick coconuts
bookmarkhai dago
verb ritual observances
bookmarkhanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkheboohagi lima
adjective fistfight
bookmarkholomanga
noun throat (inside)
bookmarkhua-laagau
noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)
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ili luu bongaa usu
imu-uli
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkkana adu
perhaps; watch yourself
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklau kena
adjective leaves (or hair) which have lost theirnatural healthy color
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarklodo degi
adjective having a forgiving nature
bookmarklodo gaiaa
adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkma hee
where else
bookmarkmaalama
verb light (not dark),bright
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmada duulanga
noun an important position (spatially)
bookmarkmada gapua
noun lagoonward part of a gapua
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmahuge, huge
open
bookmarkmalianoono
lizard fish
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)
bookmarkmanu-manga-lua
noun insectsp.: scorpion
bookmarkmousi
adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)
bookmarknguu
squid
bookmarknoho ai
occupy or live in (a place)
bookmarkoho iho
adjective come ashore early in the morning
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkpago
adjective the sound of any sudden violent contact; the sound of an explosion
bookmarksiga
verb
to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool
sii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksoe mai
decided for one by the will of god
bookmarkssili mada
to faint, be unconscious
bookmarktaina aahine
noun sister
bookmarkua-mea
red-throated frigate bird
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