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adamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkahe iho
diminish (in intensity)
bookmarkalaange
adjective allowed to, permissible
bookmarkalomasige
adjective hasten to go or come
bookmarkau ga humai nei
"i’m going on my way now..."
bookmarkbangongo
noun fish sp.: rabbitfish
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbolengia
verb do something without reflection
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkbunua
noun a young bird (of any sp. suitable for being raised as a pet)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdagodo
adjective
situation, circumstance; liedown
dangi iho
adjective cry to oneself
bookmarkdaogave
noun
a type of coconuttree
dau malino
verb an area of the sea which is dead calm
bookmarkdelaa donu
that there is it for sure
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdili de lima
to swing one’s arms (when walking)
bookmarkdinoanga hulu
adjective a council (of ten) formerlyhaving broad legislative and judicialpowers on the atoll
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.
bookmarkdugi
verb scare away,chase away
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of a canoe mast
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgadoi
verb
a type of coconut with an edible husk
galamata
noun eye
bookmarkgauea
noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkgide gauligi
verb to see from the perspective of a small child
bookmarkgumi
noun a measurement: by tens of fathoms
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhaahaa
verb to search for in the dark; to seek blindly using only one’s hands to locate something; similarly, any action that is tentative
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagamua
verb be first; get closer to
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhebaa
adjective be close
bookmarkhhaa
verb blossom forth
bookmarkhinangalosaa iho
adjective self-pity
bookmarkhoe
verb blisters on the skin caused by sunburn
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkhulo saaele
verb wander around
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkhuugaabungubungu
very plump
bookmarkigauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarklabaai
verb the confluence, on the reef, of a big wave and the backwash
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkloulou
verb to repeatedly use a breadfruit picker; pull (a trigger)
bookmarkmada duulanga
noun an important position (spatially)
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadangi danuaa
noun fresh air
bookmarkmagi i de makama
menstruation
bookmarkmagi nngali
verb any sickness leading to emaciation (e.g., t.b.); a wasting illness (terminal)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkme pasa
noun radio
bookmarkmee mmala
noun gallbladder
bookmarkmmau gava
adjective known by heart, memorized, know (how to do something) well
bookmarkmodomodo
moe danuaa
die in piece
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmuu
noun fishsp.: snapper (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkngani
adjective going around in a complete circle (likea belt)
bookmarkodi mai (adu, ange)
all (e.g., have come)
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck; punishment
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksaulaba
noun parent-in-law, child-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law
bookmarksigi
verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
bookmarksivi
adjective giveup
bookmarktainadaane
noun brother
bookmarkubu
noun cup
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
bookmarkvvede
to massage
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