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ago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkalaa ai
those only
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkanaa sili
those were enough
bookmarkbole gi de gai
eat ravenously
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkdaga holiage
verb surrounding area; tocut or make a ring around
bookmarkdagaa de maadau
to tie a leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdalaehala
verb pricked
bookmarkdama daane
adjective boy, young man
bookmarkdama ulungi
noun a man good at catching tuna with a fishing pole
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
dangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdangi see
adjective cry aloud for a long time, wail
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkdavaia
noun the largest sort of tuna
bookmarkdee kona
easily
bookmarkdele de gada
smile
bookmarkdenei loo
this is it at last
bookmarkdilimangali
verb
to catch flying fish
dogi hoda
noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdua daabasi
noun the size of fishing line appropriate for tuna fishing
bookmarkduu keli
adjective firmly in place,earnestly
bookmarkga noho
after a time
bookmarkgalo ahi
verb sparks
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgauasa
noun the pectoral fin of a fish and the surrounding flesh
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
giado madua
noun main outrigger booms
bookmarkgili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkhaanialo
verb a bracing cross-beam <>
bookmarkhagabiiginga
noun way of making sticky
bookmarkhagadau gavange
adjective compete (between groups)
bookmarkhagadubu gina
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagahala
noun a sleeping mat
bookmarkhagahodooligi
verb to install as chief
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagailoo
verb announce
bookmarkhagamanavasaa
risky, dangerous
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagammuni
verb hide (something) from
bookmarkhagannamu age
eat a little of
bookmarkhagaodea
verb the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagasae gili
verb pierce the skin superficially
bookmarkhainga soe
noun a just law
bookmarkhale i lodo
noun ribcage, thoraciccavity
bookmarkhale suunugi
noun
a house with eaves touching the ground
hano ahe
adjective echo
bookmarkhiisoa
noun plantsp.: cassythavine(cassytha filiformis l.)
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkkosi
noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.
bookmarklaa tua
besides
bookmarklebelebe
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama
time noun november (’eleventh month’)
bookmarkmadadaagodo
adjective gradual slope or inclination
bookmarkmagau donu i de lodo
want desperately
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmanu hale moni
noun a pottery bottle or jar
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmuli
adjective debt,owe
bookmarkmuli mai loo
much later
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
sasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarksavini dua
adjective run backwards, move backwards fast
bookmarkse goo
adept at
bookmarkseni
sili gee
standout from (others in a group) indistance or height
bookmarksingano
verb the flower of the pandanus tree
bookmarksomo haahine
adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man
bookmarktangada dee doo gi de me
uncouth person
bookmarkvelo de hagasii
a type of game
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