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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkaha
verb what
bookmarkalaa ange
and those there
bookmarkaligi
adjective priest (of a cult)
bookmarkamo
verb lift up
bookmarkanaa ai
these (there) only
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkatangada
noun generation, age set
bookmarkbaaua
noun fish sp., rabbitfish
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
basa senga
adjective speak senselessly
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bolengia
verb do something without reflection
bookmarkdaaligidanga
noun the slope of a canoe’s keel
bookmarkdaane dau
noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)
bookmarkdaemaha
adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdagu age
say out loud
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdamaa dogi
adjective skillful in the use of an adze
bookmarkdanu de bela
spade up taro plots, adding mulch
bookmarkdao malui
noun a spear with a hinged barb
bookmarkdee ahe mai
adjective incurably ill
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdua gi lunga
thicker (line or rope, etc.)
bookmarkdua pada
adjective to plait with thick strands
bookmarkduu-baeao
noun fishsp.: filefish
bookmarkduuduu lagi
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkgaadinga lamallie
noun a coconut with an unusually large-sized kernel
bookmarkgalavalava
the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgalo
noun fishsp.: goatfish (= small vede)
bookmarkgano agau
noun reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgave bae
noun a row of stones piled on top of each other
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgubu dolo
noun a joint of the sugarcane
bookmarkhagaalukaba
verb cause to leave quickly, force out
bookmarkhagadubu mangoo
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagasenga
verb fool (someone),deceive,trick (someone)
bookmarkhai kai
adjective show-off, proud
bookmarkhai muna
adjective public meeting
bookmarkhaunu
verb <= hagaunu>
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhemuu
adjective talk to one another
bookmarkhinangalomalie
adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world
bookmarkio dua
noun the upper io
bookmarkkalo
adjective sharp (as a knife); a sharp pointed canoe (designed to ride easily in rough seas)
bookmarkloiho
adjective
go or come down (or toward the lagoon)
loulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarklunga ange
up more
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmadaladala de leo
a clear and high-pitched singing voice
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmagi sali usu
headcold,runny nose
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalo haahine
noun dress
bookmarkmalu gohu
adjective becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmanga lua tae
noun cleft in the buttocks
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkmeemouli
noun living thing
bookmarkmoa
noun birdsp.
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarkmoni dui
a canoe rigged for casting for tuna
bookmarkmouli age
regain consciousness, rise from thedead
bookmarkmuaamoni
a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkmunamuna
adjective a short prayer
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarksango
adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)
bookmarkse aha ga hai
it’s not possibledon’t worry about it (i don’t think so.)
bookmarkse aha goe
you’re a nobody
bookmarkssea
noun chair
bookmarksseu
push violently
bookmarksuisui
become wet
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
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