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abo sala
adjective mean (by nature), unkind
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkaoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbaba
adjective level (not bumpy); (any sort of) flat base (esp. the board on which mats are plaited); the consolidated reef under water or sand; the back of a human; the shell of a turtle, crab, etc.; to be ready
bookmarkboaa
verb be caught in a storm
bookmarkboi a eidu
temporarily abnormal
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbugaliaa
buni ange lodo
paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack
bookmarkdaaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activites, religious activities
bookmarkdagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdahea gee
drift away
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdoga de manu
nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu
bookmarkdolo
noun
plantsp.: sugarcane
doo de hatuli
the’falling of thunder’
dookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarke hanohano
have diarrhea
bookmarke hia
how much
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngauda
noun fishsp.: rudderfish
bookmarkgai ngaadahi
adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population
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galeve
sakau drink
bookmarkgavage
adjective
give or bring up
gede dua dahi
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgeesaama
noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkgu hia
how many was it
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkhadu solo bulaga
a taro grater made from a certain type of coral
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaalo-uli
verb cause to be dark (of fully mature coconutmeat)
bookmarkhagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagadau doolohi
verb chase each other
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagadoopeva
verb playatrickon
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduuhuli
verb to create duuhuli
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasebaga
verb make a total of ten billion
bookmarkhagauda i tege
carry a basket, etc., on one’s hip
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhakaa tuai
adjective to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spiritsinto human form
bookmarkhedaadoi
adjective collide
bookmarkhegai
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkheiangi
adjective smart, intelligent, clever
bookmarkhenuu
verb a method of plaiting
bookmarkhidi de honu
movement of a turtle (when feeding orsubmerging)
bookmarkhoe
verb blisters on the skin caused by sunburn
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhulu
noun
hair (on the body)
hulu
noun reactive hostility
bookmarkilihia tinae
adjective a stomach distended by gas
bookmarkisi
verb to peel off in long thin strips
bookmarkkau gee
adjective not usedto; hard to
bookmarkkoli
verb scrape off (with one’s finger), scratch up
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklau makaga
verb stiff
bookmarkllava
verb
finished
longohie
adjective big around, fat
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaavae
adjective separated (two things),divorced
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmage
mago de henua
noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarkngadolia
verb to have ngado
bookmarknoho
verb settle somewhere; live somewhere
bookmarknoho lalo
adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)
bookmarkolo
an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit
bookmarksagea gee
extremely sagea
bookmarksao gainga
adjective sweep or cleanup trash
bookmarkseloo
numeral millions
bookmarksigale
scull (a boat)
bookmarksila
verb look for
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
ssahu
adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)
bookmarkssogo
grated raw taro which has dried out
bookmarktee langi
noun sky
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