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adu
noun conglomerate, islet
bookmarkagoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkama
noun outrigger float
bookmarkanaa ai loo
those then are
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkaoa-laosedi
noun gorgonian (coelenterate), false blackcoral
bookmarkbaalanga
noun
metal (any kind)
baasi masui
adjective left side, left-handed
bookmarkbili i de lodo
unforgotten
bookmarkbole
adjective bawl out, be angry; be mad (as indicated by one’s movements)
bookmarkbuni
adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)
bookmarkbuu-kangi-de-muli
noun mollusk sp.: cymatiidae spp., also bursa bubo
bookmarkdaa hhali
verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.
bookmarkdaaligidia
verb to have been moved about by the wind
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdaemahaanga
noun heaviness,sadness,unhappiness
bookmarkdaemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagaa de maadau
to tie a leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdagaanga
noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdagidogoisi
adjective very few for each one
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdahinga
noun way of shaving
bookmarkdala mmea
verb redness or inflammation of the skin (e.g., a welt)
bookmarkdangi iho
adjective cry to oneself
bookmarkdatane-uli
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdelaa naa ()
that there will be it (will that be it)
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkduu ange
adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)
bookmarkduudae goede
noun the inky excretion of the octopus
bookmarke galemu
it’s alright
bookmarkga-hudi
noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree; banana (fruit)
bookmarkgaaui i tao
a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear
bookmarkgabe manava
adjective eat sparingly (just enough to maintain one’s strength), have a snack
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
noun trapezeidcrab
bookmarkgana
bad person
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgide eidu
verb to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgosigosi
verb to scratch (slightly) repeatedly
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhadiugu
verb a unit of linear measure (from the end of an outstretched hand to the bent elbow of the other arm)
bookmarkhadu-bunga
noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhai hagadubu
adjective to fashion a string figure
bookmarkhai hegau hilo
work hypocritically (appearing to follow the rules but secretly violating the prohibitions)
bookmarkhai me dogaa
behave with embarrassment or shyness
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkili luu bongaa usu
kosi
verb to scratch (once)
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklevango
adjective fight
bookmarkllie
noun the throat of the flying fish net
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
loha
noun birdsp. (never seen live)
bookmarkloigulu
type of prepared food made from breadfruit
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarklolo hai haahine
noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklongosaa
adjective small around, thin
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadaagi
verb the scout in belubelu fishing
bookmarkmahanasia
verb heated
bookmarkme hai dago
ritual acts,religious acts
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmoosugia ange
somewhat moosugia
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmounuunu
verb easily mounu
bookmarkmusa
verb the sound of many little school fish feeding at the surface of the water
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarknoho
verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated
bookmarkoho adu
go early
bookmarksahole
noun fishsp.: mountainbass
bookmarksai
noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)
bookmarksali
verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)
bookmarksasaanimadava
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
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