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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkaho
noun fishing line of the sort used for adu fishing
bookmarkanaa ai loo
those then are
bookmarkbabu honga agau
noun fish sp., wrasse
bookmarkbadabadai
adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbalia
adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)
bookmarkbao
noun room, compartment
bookmarkbebela
noun prowler
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkbili makaga
love
bookmarkboi
adjective
abnormal
bono aasanga
adjective a method of fishing (by blocking the channel at high tide)
bookmarkdai sagana iho goe
watchout
bookmarkdama lalo
noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands
bookmarkdama muli bee
noun the twelfth child born to a couple
bookmarkdangada abasasa
adjective european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdanuaa age
improved,better
bookmarkde hia
which number
bookmarkdelaa ange naa
about that
denei ai huu
this is it still
bookmarkdii de laa
the shining of the sun
bookmarkdinae o ssaiolo
<= dinae o de laa>
bookmarkdinihu
verb industrious, hardworking
bookmarkdongi ange
appoint
bookmarkga noho
after a time
bookmarkgabinivali
a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkgoede
noun octopus
bookmarkgohu de me
become dark (with no natural light)
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgoloa haangdoa
noun fishing gear
bookmarkguani
noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)
bookmarkgudua
verb abounding in lice
bookmarkhagaai
adjective be in a serious situation
bookmarkhagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagaditidi de hadu
to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagasegelia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagaseguli
verb make a total of one hundred thousand
bookmarkhagassogaanga
noun
hagatubu me
adjective exaggerate matters
bookmarkhai de boo (o)
celebrate the birthday (of)
bookmarkhai maa
relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai uaua
verb dilated veins
bookmarkhanonga
noun trip1, journey
bookmarkhhagi gee
turn away from (to avoid),veer
bookmarkhilohilo ma eidu
a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes
bookmarkhuaahai
verb expertise
bookmarkhuaalavao
verb a strong wind
bookmarkhungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarklabodo-tea
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
langolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarklodo gaiaa
competitive, envious, desious of retaliating
bookmarklua llau
number two hundred
bookmarkmaakau loo dangada
now we’re in trouble
bookmarkmada libia
verb a very sharp point
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmadaa duge
noun the tip of a duge
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dolu
number thirteen
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmadangi
verb wind,gas,flatus
bookmarkmahola
adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)
bookmarkmanga
noun a branch, part of (something havingcoordinate parts)
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanogo
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarknaa huu
when,if
bookmarkngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarkngaolo
adjective to make noise (irregular repeated sounds)
bookmarknngaoa
verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarknoho muli
adjective overloaded in the stern (of a canoe)
bookmarknooligi
a small knife
bookmarkomaadeu
pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpaa ono maahana
receive one’s punishment, suffer
bookmarkpili
adjective boring
bookmarksobaga
fish sp. tang
bookmarksongagi
noun a bad sort of person
bookmarktala
rough in texture (as perceived at one time)
bookmarkvasu
like
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