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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkaausanga
noun way of leaving a wake
bookmarkagu age
say out loud
bookmarkalohi
noun anything forming a semi-circle
bookmarkanu age
to dance below people
bookmarkbadii
noun fish sp., scad?
bookmarkbalu
verb to bring one’s hands and arms (or wings) down or back once (as in waving, swimming, or the flapping of a bird’s wings)
bookmarkbasa soe
adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)
bookmarkboi gadagada
adjective laugh all the time at nothing
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
booi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkbuu ili
daa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdaabeduge saele
adjective to bat around
bookmarkdaane e manege
noun a person who is capable at almost anything
bookmarkdaea
adjective to have arrived at
bookmarkdagahi ange gi de --
serve as a side dish for
bookmarkdahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdaina hahine
noun sister, female cousin
bookmarkdala malo
adjective change clothes
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdaumaha daahili
noun song service (in church)
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdee modu
adjective continually
bookmarkdolu llau
number three hundred
bookmarkdoo mua
adjective very
bookmarkduba
noun land crab sp. (small)
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduudangaa solo
noun a package of solo (food) wrapped in coconut leaves and heated; flashlightbattery
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkege
verb raise up (so that higher)
bookmarkgada-ahai
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgannui mada makaga
gannui which is firm
bookmarkgavaausu
noun plantsp.: treesp.: barringtoniatree (barringtonia asiatica (l.) kurz)
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkgoloa haangdoa
noun fishing gear
bookmarkhadu-uli
noun coralsp.: bluecoral
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagadulagi
verb imitate, illustrate, give an example; fashion something to be like somethingelse
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagaingoo
verb give a name to, named, called
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhai gi de mahi
do or take by force,rape
bookmarkhai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhai me mule me
habitually slow or late
bookmarkhano gi de maalama
transfiguration of ghosts or spirits into human form
bookmarkheboohagi mai
found fighting
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencilurchin
bookmarkhola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
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huahuaa me
noun
huuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarklabodo-tea
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarkllabu
verb claw
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkmaanetonu
adjective act cautiously
bookmarkmaea
noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)
bookmarkmanu-gadi-niho
noun
plantsp.
mao denga ssave
a scarcity of ssave
bookmarkmasausau
verb goodat fighting
bookmarkme dau
noun thing of importance,worthwhile
bookmarkme dili uda
noun an ocean current which comes towards the atoll
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muli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarkomaadeu
pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarkse me be hee
extraordinary or unusual (esp. in size)
bookmarksibasiba
verb walk off-balance
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarkssae
verb rip, tear, deflower (a virgin)
bookmarkssuugulu
noun school
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vvala
a piercingly bright light; the cutting of a fast canoe through the water
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