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aamua ange
higher
bookmarkaasanga
verb a watercourse between islets on the atoll
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkbaalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbalagula
adjective clumsy
bookmarkbau iho
adjective capable only of looking after oneself (not others)
bookmarkbeaha
adjective to be in a serious condition, critically ill or injured
bookmarkdaalonga
noun a wound on the body
bookmarkdagoobala
verb fall on something and smash it
bookmarkdahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdaina ahine
noun sisters
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdalia-mea
noun mollusksp.: mitra mitra
bookmarkdama muli bee
noun the twelfth child born to a couple
bookmarkdamaa hine
noun girl,young woman,daughter
bookmarkdangada hagao me
storekeeper
bookmarkdaumada
verb stare at,observe closely
bookmarkdee ni dago
never mind
bookmarkdenei naa ()
this will be it. (will this be it)
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdoopeva
noun trick, prank
bookmarkduunga gima
noun half of a clam shell
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabe
gouge out
bookmarkgai baalau
verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
bookmarkgaleva
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgalo ahi
sparks
bookmarkgalu
noun viscous sputum
bookmarkgamai
adjective
bring to me, carry to me
gau anga
noun thigh
bookmarkgau lama
noun rachis of the coconut leaf
bookmarkgavaausu
noun plantsp.: treesp.: barringtoniatree (barringtonia asiatica (l.) kurz)
bookmarkgoinga
noun a boundary marker (of stone)
bookmarkgoloa haangdoa
noun fishing gear
bookmarkguboa
verb being used in connection with group activity
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhagaamua
verb accord honor to
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagaduulanga
noun method of construction; appearance (e.g., of a ship, house, or other construction)
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagamaanadu
verb remember,remind
bookmarkhagamabu age
return to land from sea (esp. of birds)
bookmarkhagamanavasaa
risky, dangerous
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagaoomea
verb to wait until oomea
bookmarkhagili
verb speak (or sing) with phelgm in one’s throat
bookmarkhai gauligi
each child is somewhat different
bookmarkhanu ange
some more
bookmarkhonga de mouli
during the lifetime of
bookmarkhonu de maasina
noun full moon
bookmarkhua i gadea
the side of the main body of the canoe away from the outrigger float
bookmarkhua modo
noun fisheggs (immature)
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
inai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkkii ange tanuaa
verb to make something better; to better
bookmarklaangai buusagi
noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklele sseni
adjective insomnia (after sleeping for a shortwhile)
bookmarkluu mada
noun face (of a person)
bookmarkmaalo age
have become maalo
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmada luu mada
noun in the presence of someone
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoso
noun birdsp.: starling (apolonis opacus)
bookmarkmother
tinana
bookmarkmou
noun
agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;
ngu te lodo
noun the edge of the lagoon reef
bookmarknonu
noun plantsp.: tree sp. (the archaic name of bugaliaa)
bookmarksabala
adjective willing to
bookmarksaunga
adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor
bookmarksavasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
solo
to grate or file something; to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food made from grated taro
bookmarktao o de me holu
noun arrow
bookmarktubuna aahine
noun grandmother
bookmarkulunga hala
a pillow made from a pandanus log, having various magical uses
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