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aahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkagiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkala galigi
noun a method of mat making
bookmarkanaa maa
those were about (approximately)
bookmarkanei nei
these now
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
baieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbili i de lodo
unforgotten
bookmarkboolonga
noun testament
bookmarkbouli
adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)
bookmarkbula de ganomada
get mad
bookmarkdaane masana
noun good one
bookmarkdaasugi
verb struggle to get free; jerking of the tail
bookmarkdada de ava
a strong current in the channel
bookmarkdaemahadia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagodo adu
appear there (from here)
bookmarkdala
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdamaa me
adjective
small
dangada baoa
noun dead person buried at sea who washesback up on shore
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdao tili
noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached
bookmarkdebele
noun table
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody
duu hakaa
noun a piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduu o de hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkege age
raise up (something) from its previous trajectory
bookmarkeleele
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkga-hudi
banana
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgasi
noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgauligi mai ange
the one next younger still
bookmarkgavange
adjective
give or bring to (someone)
giado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgili malanga
verb a type of skin disease
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagalele mouli
verb startle; surprise (someone)
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagamadagu
verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamano
verb make a total of one thousand
bookmarkhagapago sala
adjective unfortunate result
bookmarkhagasao
verb letout (something), disburse (money)
bookmarkhagasoa ange
go along with others,join the crowd
bookmarkhagatugu
verb crouch down
bookmarkhannoo kaba
go now, right away beat it
bookmarkhau manu
noun a garland of flowers, headdress, necklace
bookmarkheboohagi
adjective fight
bookmarkheboohagi lima
adjective fistfight
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkholomanga
noun throat (inside)
bookmarkhulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklaalanga
noun the quality of the weave (of mat plaiting)
bookmarklaangihagamouli
time noun saturday (the day on which food isprepared for sunday)
bookmarklama
a dry coconut leaf
bookmarklehua
verb blurred; covered with ashes
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lilo bule
adjective covered up completely
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarkllea
adjective
say loudly
loada
noun sputum
bookmarkloha
bird species
bookmarkmaadau dagi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaanegabo
energetic
bookmarkmaanegabo
adjective energetic
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmahaa
adjective broken up, cracked, burst
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkmmahi
adjective strong, strength, force, power,energy
bookmarkmmala dana (dagu) maanga
lose his (my) appetite
bookmarkmoni kalo
noun a canoe with rounded sides (designed to ride easily in rough seas)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarkpilo bopobo
adjective musty smell
bookmarksaaliba
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarkseni
adjective sleep
bookmarkssee de hiigai
famished, ravenous
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vasega
apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)
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