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aausa
verb wake (of a ship)
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkanaa ai laa
those then were those
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkanu age
to dance below people
bookmarkaoaoa
verb habitually remain up until daybreak
bookmarkdaa de masavaa
time’s up it is time for...
bookmarkdaba
adjective a flash of light, a blink of an eye
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdahuli de vae
dislocated ankle
bookmarkdane
verb a fungus infection of the skin (consisting of superficial white spots)
bookmarkdangi de musu
hear whispering (of others)
bookmarkdao
noun spear, branch of
bookmarkdao o gasoni
noun
a type of a cloud formation
daohi ange dahi hai
argue against
bookmarkdee hemuu
not on speaking terms
bookmarkdiinei mai
make smaller; decrease
bookmarkdoga de manu
nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu
bookmarkdogo huadia
verb a way of punting a canoe
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
doo de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkdoo sala
adjective accidentally
bookmarkduu baebae
adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)
bookmarkduudae nguu
noun the inky excretion of the squid
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgaba taiao
noun early morning
bookmarkgai de henua
native food (not imported)
bookmarkgalaanga
verb to look for members of the opposite sex by walking around at night
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkhadiugu
verb a unit of linear measure (from the end of an outstretched hand to the bent elbow of the other arm)
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
cushion starfish
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadege
verb cause to wiggle the hips once
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hagasaalunga de lungi
a member of the Christian Endeavor Society
bookmarkhagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasebaga
verb make a total of ten billion
bookmarkhagaseguli
verb make a total of one hundred thousand
bookmarkhai madangi
adjective passwind (flatus)
bookmarkhai me mulegi
to showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhai ngadaa
adjective difficult
bookmarkhelelei
adjective fly at the same time
bookmarkhoa
noun side (of humans), below the hips
bookmarkholadage
adjective laid out or spreadout all over
bookmarkhuaalavao
a strong wind
bookmarkhugahuga
noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
bookmarkhune
noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarklao
noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklau-gadaha
noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)
bookmarklodo malangilangi
adjective happy
bookmarkloma
adjective very calm, silent
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmaalava
verb the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmadohi lua
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway
bookmarkmaduilau
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmahaa de usu
to have encountered unexpected misfortune
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmalua
noun vagina
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanu-gaba-aasanga
noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmoni sulu
noun submarine
bookmarkmousi
adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)
bookmarkmuna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
ngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarkodi ange
even (number); complete (none missing); reach the maximum
bookmarkoha
verb break, break up, destroy;damage, ruin
bookmarkolo
noun beach
bookmarkoo
adjective fit to (or into)
bookmarkpaibu
noun pipe
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarksaganaa iho goe
watchout
bookmarksango
adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)
bookmarksebugi
numeral billions
bookmarksili iho
adjective have just stopped; calmdown (of a person)
bookmarkssili mada
to faint, be unconscious
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarktua
outside
bookmarkua-mea
red-throated frigate bird
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