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aigimea
noun plant sp.: wedelia creeper (wedelia biflora (l.) dc.)
bookmarkalaa naa loo
those there seem to be
bookmarkalohanga
noun a streak of smooth water in the sea
bookmarkbaalasa
verb
ballast for an outrigger
baalasi mai (adu)
shine a flashlight toward me (you)
bookmarkbakau dahi de manu
not to go fishing when other groups are going
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
daalonga
noun a wound on the body
bookmarkdaane gasia
noun a person who is useful to others
bookmarkdaelodo dee odi ange
oddnumber
bookmarkdagilanea
adjective each having a lot
bookmarkdai hieunu
adjective thirsty
bookmarkdau gai
noun the season in which seasonally available food is abundant
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkdenei au
it is i
bookmarkdenga daanunga
noun graves
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdolu-inoha
time noun the third number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarkgaba-moe
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkgaleva
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgii
adjective a high-pitched sound, soft, high-pitched crying (as by children)
bookmarkhagabaangoa
verb causing prostration
bookmarkhagadaahili
verb make someone sing
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagahi
verb call (someone) once
bookmarkhagasebaga
verb make a total of ten billion
bookmarkhai de biho
verb act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhai gai
adjective prepared food; cook food
bookmarkhai me mulegi
to showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhai ngadaa
adjective difficult
bookmarkhala a buadaia
noun a log used as a lever or fulcrum
bookmarkhale hadu
noun a house of brick or cement construction
bookmarkhulo gee
go away
kangi de maanadu
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarklabua
verb knead thoroughly
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklengisi
noun insectsp.: moth spp.
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarklugu me
adjective having a tendency to take by force
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaalie loo
much later
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmaaniha
adjective strongly desirous of
bookmarkmada gide
adjective sharp-eyed, goodat finding things
bookmarkmadaa duge
noun the tip of a duge
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmagi dehenua
verb have fever
bookmarkmalo aahine
noun dress
bookmarkmangoo-senga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmaoli
noun a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkme aha ai
what for
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molimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngadi daumaha
adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults
bookmarkngadi hai bodu
common-law marriage, concubinage
bookmarkngadi hanonga
a useless journey
bookmarkngalogu
adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)
bookmarkngauda
adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarkpala de langi
it’s raining
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksai
noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)
bookmarksalu
verb scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarksaulaba
noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksoe
adjective straight, not crooked; level
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarkuadanga
an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship
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