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aasolo
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkabulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkalava
noun fish sp.: shark sp.
bookmarkanei ange huu
this
au e dee gai naa loo
I’ll bet you can’t
bookmarkau hebaledage
noun a confluence of ocean currents (on the surface only)
bookmarkava
adjective relief, be relieved
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbunaa
noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdama daane
noun sons
bookmarkdama doe
noun the fourth child born to a couple
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdatanu
noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)
bookmarkde hia
which number
bookmarkdee kasi
perhaps
bookmarkdelaa ange
that there is another one
bookmarkdele de mahaa
starting to crack
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdoonga pada
noun heavy-duty equipment or fishing gear; a large penis
bookmarkdoopeva
noun trick, prank
bookmarkdotonogaa
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkduu inai
type of mat (a half inai)
bookmarkduudane
noun buttock
bookmarkgaanoni
noun
an omen of death
gabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkgavada
noun
a type of basket
gelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgolo me
adjective unforgiving
bookmarkhagadau-me
adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue
bookmarkhagadinoangahulu
verb make a total of ten people
bookmarkhagahodooligi
verb to install as chief
bookmarkhagailonga
verb sign,mark,signal,omen
bookmarkhagaleo
verb to produce sound
bookmarkhai de boo (o)
celebrate the birthday (of)
bookmarkhai maadua
adjective mention of one’s elders by others
bookmarkhai me daahea
search for driftwood or other beachedobjects
bookmarkhaiva dee agona
sexual activity; ’the activity which is not taught’
bookmarkhebuihagi
verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close
bookmarkhhola
verb hola at one time
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkhidu-laangi
time noun sunday (’seventh day’)
bookmarkhuaalanga
noun a type of coconuttree
bookmarki dai nei
Mortlock Islands
bookmarkina-gi-hale
a row of thatch
bookmarklabu manu
adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklao gau-me
verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarklegia
noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklongosaa
adjective small around, thin
bookmarkmaadau hholu
noun a fishhook made of wire
bookmarkmaalie ange
a little later
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmada nnui
adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmai
verb arrive
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkme bouli
noun the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkme de lodo
noun a fishing place (in the lagoon)
bookmarkmeemaagau
noun non-living thing
bookmarkmoigaga
noun fibers of the coconut husk
bookmarkmua iho (age)
adjective next above (below)
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, byandby
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarknnui
adjective
large
odomalie
adjective delicious (of coconut apples only)
bookmarkoho adu
go early
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarkono-malama
time noun june (’sixth month’)
bookmarkpugu
adjective
swollen
saali
noun a type of rope (used for climbing breadfruit trees)
bookmarksae de hadu
make a grater (by punching holes in sheet metal)
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarksebaga
numeral tens of billions
bookmarktaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for singular noun)
bookmarktagudai
noun coast, shoreline
bookmarktangada hai sauaa
magician, sorcerer
bookmarkua dea
white-throated frigate bird
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
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