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aamua ange
higher
bookmarkabi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkagilau
verb pugnacious
bookmarkanaa ai huu
those only then
bookmarkanei muhuu
how about these
bookmarkbe aha naa huu
whatever; if ever
bookmarkbido gamu
uselessly short
bookmarkbigibigi
adjective more-or-less close to
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbuni
adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdahea gee
drift away
bookmarkdahola
verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdenei maa
this is about (approximately)
bookmarkdenga meenaa
those ones (plural)
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdonu gee
misunderstand
bookmarkdoo mai de malino
completely calm
bookmarkdubuna aahine
noun grandmothers
bookmarkgaa lava
and then
bookmarkgaa, ula
verb burn (intransitive)
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkganimuli
noun the second child of a couple
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgoobai lau
noun a hat made from pandanus leaves
bookmarkhada
noun
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse
hadu mangeo
noun cushion starfish
bookmarkhagaaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkhagaasanga
verb to create aasanga
bookmarkhagaau
verb to create an ocean current
bookmarkhagaava
verb make a channel
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagaduu ngae
adjective earnestly; to the limits of one’s capacity; struggle (e.g., to complete work)
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagapuunia
verb add up (many things)
bookmarkhagasabala
verb talk (someone) into (something)
bookmarkhagasemada
verb make a total of ten thousand
bookmarkhai gai
adjective prepared food; cook food
bookmarkhakauanga
noun a handle of something
bookmarkhaoli
verb cover up
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hhoda
gasp for breath
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhonga de mouli
during the lifetime of
bookmarkhua gulu
noun breadfruit (singular)
bookmarkkii ange
verb increase
bookmarkkii gee
move away from
bookmarklaagii baubau
noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)
bookmarklabulabu sala
adjective fail to take hold of (or do) properly(leading to an accident, or other unfortunate outcome)
bookmarklaso
noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklaulau dao gai
noun a wrapping (like a basket) for food cooked in the earth oven
bookmarklodo laanui
adjective large in volume or capacity,spacious inside
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarklou gulu
adjective pick breadfruit
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaagila
verb to appear to be barely separated (as islets on the atoll when seen from a distance); parted slightly
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmagalili mai
flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagua
adjective thieving
bookmarkmai
verb arrive
bookmarkmanava duuia
adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)
bookmarkmmogo
verb insist upon
bookmarkmomme
a place
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkngudu aahua
islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarknoho donu
adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)
bookmarknoodanga
noun bundle, knot; a set of 12 differentfishing lures
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarkpigi
adjective be stuck
bookmarkpono age de manava
be unable to breathe
bookmarksaaluanga
a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksebu
adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
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