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alaa sili
those there were enough
bookmarkbaunga
noun worth, value
bookmarkboo ga dae laa
my goodness
bookmarkbungadogi
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkbungaleu
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkdaahili daumaha
adjective a church song
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdagaa de maadau
to tie a leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdai deeai donu
almost none at all
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdamaa hine
noun girl,young woman,daughter
bookmarkdaonga
noun feast
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object(such as a mat)
bookmarkduulagi
verb to sail crosswind (for maximum speed)
bookmarkduunanga
noun that which has been cooked
bookmarke lodo goe
watchout
bookmarkgai modo
verb eat when still unripe
bookmarkgasa
adjective run aground
bookmarkgauligi mai ange
the one next younger still
bookmarkgede dua dahi
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgili agau
verb a moss-like covering of the reef; fish which live on the reef
bookmarkgoehau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhaanau ssene
adjective yield interest
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagabaguu ange
move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagadotodi
verb walk with a limp (temporarily)
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagammuni
verb hide (something) from
bookmarkhai dama
adjective pregnant
bookmarkhai huaame
punctilious, be particular
bookmarkhai me mule me
habitually slow or late
bookmarkhhela
verb spread one’s legs wide apart at one time
bookmarkhua modo
noun fisheggs (immature)
bookmarkhulo saaele
verb wander around
bookmarkhulu manu
noun feathers
bookmarki dai nei
Mortlock Islands
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkivi sulu
noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)
bookmarkiviivia
verb skinny,thin (person),emaciated
bookmarklaangi dabeo
verb a day which is rainy and stormy
bookmarklanga de gubenga
to pull up a gubenga to store it away
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarklaubalabala
adjective slack (of rope); soft (of skin or paper); pliable (of hair); flexible
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
libi
verb do rapidly (esp. a repeated action done energetically)
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklo te vvela
the hottest part (of the day, of a fire, etc.)
bookmarklunga ange
up more
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmala
bald
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanogo
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkmanu solo laagau
file (for filing wood)
bookmarkmanu-a-luga
noun insectsp.: fruitfly
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun starfish
bookmarkmanuia
adjective fortunate,lucky,blessed
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmmoa gango
adjective burned food which has been overcooked
bookmarkmolo
verb to make a knot of hair
bookmarkmoolau lodo
noun having a shorttemper
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkniho ngalo
noun molarteeth, wisdomteeth
bookmarkoomea
adjective afternoon (late)
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
salua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarksemada
numeral tens of thousands
bookmarksemuna
numeral hundreds of millions
bookmarkseni ange
rest up for (e.g., the next day’s work)
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksolo
verb grate, make into small pieces
bookmarksua bagu
a stain which has left a dry residue
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
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