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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkanaa ange huu
that
au hebaledage
noun a confluence of ocean currents (on the surface only)
bookmarkbalagia a de gaga
noun fish sp., parrot fish
bookmarkbei
adjective be like, be the same as
bookmarkboobua
noun dragonfly
bookmarkdaa iho
adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)
bookmarkdaabeduge saele
adjective to bat around
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdaea
adjective to have arrived at
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdagodo
adjective
situation, circumstance; liedown
dalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdama daane
noun sons
bookmarkdanuaa huu
it’s still ok no wonder
bookmarkdaulooloa
adjective long time
bookmarkdaumada
verb stare at,observe closely
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdohu
adjective sufficient, enough; able to cover agiven area
bookmarkdolu-inoha
time noun the third number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdugu dagidahi
verb place (or leave off) one at a time
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkgabi saele
adjective carry around holding
bookmarkgaime
verb eat (intransitive)
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind
bookmarkgini manu
verb pick flowers
bookmarkgoloa baalanga
noun metal-working tools
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhadi de uga
the curvature of a fish line when angling (due to underwater currents)
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
cushion starfish
bookmarkhagaava
verb relieve
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagabuni
verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagasenga
verb fool (someone),deceive,trick (someone)
bookmarkhai de boo (o)
celebrate the birthday (of)
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhakiia
verb move (something) away completely
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhidu laangi
noun Sunday
bookmarkkana mai
watch your step around me
bookmarkkave gi de mahi
obtain by force
bookmarklaangi hagadaahao
noun fieldday
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarkllava ai
wrapped (tied) around; eat fish ormeat with a meal
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaailaba
noun axis (or long thing through the center of something)
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
mada lahalaha
adjective appear to be wide
bookmarkmadaa hadu
noun grater (metal) attached to a board forgrating taro
bookmarkmadaa moni
noun prow of a canoe
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmahaa de usu
to have encountered unexpected misfortune
bookmarkmahedu
adjective folded up,rolled up
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-a-luga
noun insectsp.: fruitfly
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkme tao
noun dye
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkmuu-madagao
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarknevea
verb be neve
bookmarkngaangailu
noun hair (on the head)
bookmarkngaoloa
verb noisy (irregular repeated sounds)
bookmarkngaungau
noun plantsp.: elephantear (alocasia)
bookmarknoho moso
able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)
bookmarkoo
pronoun your (singular; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkoomea
adjective afternoon (late)
bookmarkouaa
adjective yes certainly
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sabo
verb do slowly
bookmarksali ssaavale
adjective salivate
bookmarksigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarkssomo
suck one’s finger
bookmarksua aaleloi
a wrestling maneuver
bookmarkulunga hala
a pillow made from a pandanus log, having various magical uses
bookmarkuuvae
feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth
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