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ahee oo dagodo
how are you
bookmarkbaasi madau
adjective right side, right-handed
bookmarkboo gi me
acquisitive (and acting on acquisitive impulses)
bookmarkboo mai ange laa
the second night following
bookmarkboolleiee
adjective a type of sound, made to frighten someone
bookmarkdagilagolago
adjective many for each
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdahido vae
noun the back of the thigh
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdamana
noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship
bookmarkdamana mai i daha
stepfather
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangau-laha
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaogili
noun
dau honu
noun the season during which tides are highest
bookmarkde aha
which is it
bookmarkdeai ange
no more, no other
bookmarkdee beaha
all rightit’s nothing
bookmarkdii de laa
the shining of the sun
bookmarkdogoisi mai
adjective decreasing (in number)
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu baeao
noun piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu o de hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkduu-uli
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkduulua
noun jack (fish sp); large alaala
bookmarkgada-alaala
noun fishsp.: jack (like alaala)
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
bookmarkgagu
well-mannered
bookmarkgai me
adjective eat food
bookmarkganimua
noun the eldest child of a couple
bookmarkgapua
verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)
bookmarkgini hua o hegau
to receive the rewards of work well done (or punishment for evil deeds)
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgoloa hebagi
noun arms (tools of war)
bookmarkhaaide
verb measure (exactly)
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaalahenua
verb provide land for
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagatanu iho
verb take a nap
bookmarkhagatevelia
verb cause to bristle
bookmarkhai me dua nnui
do violently
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhale maadenga
noun mortuary house
bookmarkhausanga
noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole
bookmarkheloongoi
adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another
bookmarkhiisoa
noun plantsp.: cassythavine(cassytha filiformis l.)
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkholi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkhuudanga
noun way of singing
bookmarkina-gi-hale
noun a row of thatch
bookmarkkaa
noun mangrovecrab
bookmarkkangi de hagasaele
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarkkii
adjective win,overcome
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklaohie de me
good weather (dry)
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lodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarkloeaa
a type of game
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkma tua
besides
bookmarkmaanessala
adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else
bookmarkmada gapua
noun lagoonward part of a gapua
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmala
bald
bookmarkmanu-ligi
verb lice (immature); louse (immature)
bookmarkmaunusi
adjective pulled out,removed (by pulling out)
bookmarkme mmilo
noun current (in the sea)
bookmarkmmano
noun thousands
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmogobuna
noun grandchild,descendant of
bookmarkmouli age
regain consciousness, rise from thedead
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkngadi basa
adjective small talk; idle conversation
bookmarkngu te
nnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarkodi sango
adjective completely cleaned up or finished; all gone; each and every oneall gone
bookmarkpilo
adjective stink
bookmarksiva llau
number nine hundred
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
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