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aalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkabasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkabo donu
adaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkahu
noun islet
bookmarkalaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkalava
noun fish sp.: shark sp.
bookmarkalodahi hugadoo
everything, everybody; each and every
bookmarkbaasi madau
adjective right side, right-handed
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkboaanga
noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)
bookmarkbugu
noun mons veneris
bookmarkdaasele
verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdaemaha
adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdala mmea
verb redness or inflammation of the skin (e.g., a welt)
bookmarkdangalebu
verb rough or choppy sea condition
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkdaumaha de manu
noun christmas eve fete in the church at which "santa claus" appears
bookmarkdee lahilahia
big (and therefore good),strong,tremendous
bookmarkdenaa ange
this there is another one
bookmarkdili gaiaa
verb sneak a look
bookmarkditidi
adjective to skim across the surface of land or water
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkgaasia
noun coralsp.: (looks like a flower)
bookmarkgaha nuui
adjective having green coconuts (of a coconut tree)
bookmarkgalo
noun fishsp.: goatfish (= small vede)
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkganae
noun fishsp.: mullet
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkganae oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
golee bugaliaa
haa leu
noun a leaf which has turned yellowish-brown
bookmarkhaa lodo
noun the inner coconut palm frond
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)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaamua
verb accord honor to
bookmarkhagadama
verb to treat as a child
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhagi me
verb pick coconuts
bookmarkhai me moolau
an habitually fast worker
bookmarkhai muna
adjective public meeting
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhano mouli
adjective disappear alive (esp. into another world)
bookmarkhebuihagi
verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhenua monga
noun land (island) of mountains
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
kau gee
adjective not usedto; hard to
bookmarklaangi hagadaahao
noun fieldday
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmaanga
noun mouthful or spoonful of food
bookmarkmaanga-de-langi
noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmaido
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmanu dabeo
verb trees and shrubs which grow as weeds
bookmarkmanu-mmala
noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)
bookmarkmaunga
noun way of becoming accustomed to
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkme duu
clitoris
bookmarkmee saabini uga
reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19
bookmarkmmade ange aalanga
adjective completely exhausted; completelydiscouraged
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarknngana
adjective loud (noise)
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkomada
noun eye region (including eyes, eyelids, eyebrows)
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tangada sisi
secretary
bookmarkvalagei
whip black coral
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