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alo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkalohi lima
noun palm (of hand)
bookmarkanu age
to dance below people
bookmarkbigi
adjective be caught between two or more other things
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkbini daubeemala
verb a method of making flower headdresses
bookmarkboo gi de gai
continually wanting to eat
bookmarkbugolo
noun coral sp.: faviid coral
bookmarkbupubu
adjective make a lot of noise (not vocal)
bookmarkdaa de hagallogo
perform certain old religious ceremonies or chants
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdaane hebagi
adjective soldier
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdagu made
perhaps,maybe
bookmarkdama hodooligi
noun
children of the chief
dao bagu
verb dry out (fish or food to preserve it)
bookmarkdatanu
noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)
bookmarkdeaamonga
noun
deai ange soo laangi
i’ll get you
bookmarkdiba
adjective not level, tipped to one side
bookmarkdibidibi
noun a square ball (for tossing about) plaited of pandanus leaves
bookmarkdii de laa
the shining of the sun
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkgage saali
verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali
bookmarkgaleve sali
noun a coconut tree which produces much galeve
bookmarkgaso
roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgini manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkhadu de moana
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaditidi vae dahi
hop on one foot
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadugu lalo
adjective self-deprecatory,downgrade
bookmarkhagahaangoda
verb to teach to fish
bookmarkhagahana age
recook for several days
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagasebugi
verb make a total of one billion
bookmarkhai maa
adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai me dagi
work slowly
bookmarkhai naa hanu me
something will happen...
bookmarkhaonga i ode
noun urethra
bookmarkhaunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkhege
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkhoda
verb carve out, drill out; eat out the insides of (as does a rat)
bookmarkhuahua ai
be in charge of, control, lead
bookmarkhuda
noun
hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkisi
verb to peel off in long thin strips
bookmarkkave dagi de momo
take a little (or few) at a time
bookmarkkii age
move upward; reach a certain age
bookmarklaso
the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklaulau
lauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarklleu luu mada
swelling of the eyes (after crying)
bookmarkllibo ange luu vae
run
bookmarkma hee
where else
bookmarkmadaagi
verb the scout in belubelu fishing
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmagau i togaa
die of shame
maholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmaingaa
adjective miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value
bookmarkmalo gahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmatili mai
remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers
bookmarkmoana dabeo
verb rough seas
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmogobuna
noun grandchild,descendant of
bookmarkngavesi
box, coffin, crate
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarknnadu
verb to receive a shock (as when hit, or by an explosion)
bookmarknngao dalinga
hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksaavale
noun spit, saliva
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarkse biho
clever (scheme or trick)
bookmarkse hia
just how many
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarkvasega
apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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