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ago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkanaa ai huu
those only then
bookmarkanga-mea
noun fish sp. (= large dada)
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbaanabu
noun
stone (from banaba
bagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbalu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkbangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbe goai (naa huu)
whoever
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboo gi dai
the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset
bookmarkdaane i lalo
noun a person who fails at everything he tries
bookmarkdagua-bodo
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdahi i daho dangada
very popular
bookmarkdahido vae
noun the back of the thigh
bookmarkdai deeai
almost none
bookmarkdaohi ange dahi hai
argue against
bookmarkdauagi
verb dry in the sun
bookmarkdilia ange
give fish to
bookmarkdoluu
pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)
bookmarkduha
verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkgava uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgoloa hai umu
noun implements and supplies needed in connection with use of the earth oven
bookmarkguduaanga
noun abounding in lice
bookmarkhadi de uga
the curvature of a fish line when angling (due to underwater currents)
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagabiigia
verb to make sticky
bookmarkhagaboo
adjective greet; take leave of
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadau gavange
adjective compete (between groups)
bookmarkhagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high inwater (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadogoisi
verb reduce in number, make fewer
bookmarkhagalligi
verb make very small
bookmarkhaganaa
verb to calmdown someone who is excited orunhappy
bookmarkhagasebaga
verb make a total of ten billion
bookmarkhagasiilangaa mada
noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)
bookmarkhagassogalia
verb
hagi
verb pick (fruit) by grabbing and twisting off
bookmarkivi sulu
noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)
bookmarkkosi-honga-agau
noun mollusksp.: trachycardium orbita
bookmarklaagii baubau
noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)
bookmarklahu
verb investigate (to prove one’s suspicions)
bookmarklanga
verb weave
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarkloua ama
verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged
bookmarkluei todo
adjective cough up blood
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaanuga
verb a wound1 or large sore (on the body)
bookmarkmadangi
noun air
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmagau danuaa
adjective
die peacefully
mahana
adjective hot
bookmarkme mmala
noun bile
bookmarkme vae
shoes, slippers
bookmarkmmala
adjective bitter, sour; unlucky
bookmarkmmau gava
adjective known by heart, memorized, know (how to do something) well
bookmarkmmene ono me
to be unable to go to the toilet, owing to the approach of people
bookmarkmodomodo
molimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmoloa
verb knotted (of hair)
bookmarkmouli
adjective living, alive; life; life-style; that on which life seems to depend (e.g., favorite food or activity); life-principle (spirit, soul, etc.)
bookmarkngaage nei
gilbertislands
bookmarkngaolo
adjective to make noise (irregular repeated sounds)
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksahole
noun fishsp.: mountainbass
bookmarksali ssaavale
adjective salivate
bookmarkse me gi hee
in which direction is the current running
bookmarksigi manu
adjective to transplant a plant
bookmarktama hagai
poor fellow!
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