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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkadu
noun fishclub (priest)
bookmarkanei dagodo
these are the circumstances...
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkasu
verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbabu honga agau
noun fish sp., wrasse
bookmarkbaledilo
verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear
bookmarkbapaba
adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkbigi
adjective be caught between two or more other things
bookmarkbii o madahasi
a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night
bookmarkbili makaga
love
bookmarkdaa age
go toward land (from the lagoon)
bookmarkdama muli bee
noun the twelfth child born to a couple
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdange
noun mollusksp.: giantclam (tridacnasquammosa)
bookmarkdee heloongoi
adjective misunderstand one another; mismated (not matched properly); not fit; not able to get along with
bookmarkdeleulu
verb good at catching tuna
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdongi
verb a spot (e.g., on the skin); point at; peck at; a method of fishing for flying fish in which torches are extinguished on alternate legs of the canoe track
bookmarkdoo mua
adjective very
bookmarkdua duiagi
noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)
bookmarkdumanu
noun appearance,situation
bookmarkduudae maadau
noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>
bookmarke dee daadaaia
to be in no hurry
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgabugabu
shore
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgaime
verb eat (intransitive)
bookmarkgalisi
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgalo hagalegunga
adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way
bookmarkganimuumuni
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkgili dalo
hillock
bookmarkgiligilisau
adjective go around habitually without clothes
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgoloa hesuihagi
noun goods which are bartered
bookmarkgolomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkgubu lima
hand, wrist
bookmarkhagabido
verb
carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end
hagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagadubu dinae
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagamaasui
noun a current which flows to the left
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhaigabungi
adjective act strangely, act shyly
bookmarkhakaadia
verb make tightly packed
bookmarkhakoobai
verb put a hat on (someone)
bookmarkhale nnoa
noun prison,jail
bookmarkheboohagi mai
found fighting
bookmarkhhano gi daha
to wash one’s hands in such a way that the dirty water does not fall back into the basin or well
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkkave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarkkii gee
move away from
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklale
noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklima llau
five hundred
bookmarkllago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarkloba
noun a type of mat
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkluu mada
noun face (of a person)
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmadaala
adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmau me
adjective successful in obtaining what one wants(things)
bookmarkme
modu mai (adu, ange)
become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession
bookmarkmuli
adjective debt,owe
bookmarkngadi moana
noun <= laangai ngadi moana>
bookmarknoho dau donu
sit quietly
bookmarksaalinga
noun street; road
bookmarksaga gi daha
saga away from; extend out in space
bookmarksaibo
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarksali gee
flow away
bookmarksangatai
mollusk, Spondylus
bookmarksebaga
numeral tens of billions
bookmarkseni iho
adjective take a nap, stay overnight (away fromhome)
bookmarksigo ina uavesi
don’t forget
bookmarksisi
verb to move one end of something long and thin by pressure on the other end; to lift a fishing pole; to write (with a pen or pencil); cut copra
bookmarktainadaane o dogu bodu
noun brother in law
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