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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkanaa maa
those were about (approximately)
bookmarkbaasi lua
having two useful sides
bookmarkbodu
noun spouse
bookmarkbongaa manu
noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)
bookmarkboo iho
adjective the following night
bookmarkbouli
adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)
bookmarkbulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipper lobster
bookmarkdahea age
drift toward place where speaker is
bookmarkdala gaogao
noun the part of the human body between the hip and the ribs
bookmarkdamadanga
noun origin, source
bookmarkdangada haangoda
noun fisherman
bookmarkdangi de musu
hear whispering (of others)
bookmarkdanuaa mai i hee
good according to whom
bookmarkdatane-uli
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdee modu
adjective continually
bookmarkdogodogoisi
adjective becoming fewer and fewer
bookmarkdotonogaa
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkduliduli
verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkduu dalo
noun piece of soft taro
bookmarkduu de umada
noun a rainbow appearing in the sky
bookmarkga vaa laa dangada
oh dear (that’s not good)
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgaanoni
noun
an omen of death
gada-laagau-ngauda
noun fishsp.: rudderfish
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgave
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
geesaa
noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii
bookmarkgidee mai
found out (or be found out)
bookmarkgolomagi lodo
adjective self-controlled
bookmarkgoosuu
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhagaamua
verb accord honor to
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagadali
verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)
bookmarkhagaingoo ai
called by (named)
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhai ngadaa
adjective difficult
bookmarkhale de henua
hanga-mea
noun
hhali lo te laagau
a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)
bookmarkhhola mai saiolo
to allow the sail to fill with wind, holding on to the boom sheet (after luffing)
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhoolu
noun prow (bottom part)
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkianga
verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger
bookmarklahu me
adjective inclined to be suspicious
bookmarklamu
verb do some bad deed suddenly or by surprise
bookmarklaulau
leva saele
adjective vagrant (having no fixed abode)
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklima dangada ina
a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer
bookmarklodo haa
maanga-de-langi
noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmalogu
verb <= ngalogu>
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmmene
adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarkngadi basa
small talk; idle conversation
bookmarkngalue de hakii
dislocated larynx
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudula
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarknoodalo
verb duplicate
bookmarkoa
noun gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkono-malama
time noun june (’sixth month’)
bookmarkpaa age
explode from below
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaga gi daha
saga away from; extend out in space
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksavala
adjective interested in, enjoys
bookmarksileia doo soa
look, your neighbor is competing against you
bookmarksseni
tainaahine gauligi
noun younger sister
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
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