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abo
adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable
bookmarkbaieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbala langi
noun rain
bookmarkbasa hagassee
verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made
bookmarkdaaea
noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdagaligiligi
adjective broken into small pieces
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdai sagana iho goe
watchout
bookmarkdamaa-manu
noun birdsp.: sharp-tailedsandpiper(erolia acuminata)
bookmarkdau
pronoun your (singular; for singular, alienable noun)
bookmarkdau bodu
adjective married man or woman
bookmarkde gau duuli sou
gilbertese people
bookmarkdelaa loo
that was it
bookmarkdele de longo
spread news or rumors
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdenga meenei
these ones (plural)
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdonu iho
adjective realize, understand
bookmarkduadonu
adjective luck, good fortune
bookmarkduu gaha
noun a large piece of gaha (used for mili gaadinga), or from which sennit fibers are obtained)
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgada gimoo
adjective smile (esp. for no good reason or whenembarrassed)
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngaadai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkgaha paa
adjective a coconut with a small kernel
bookmarkgai boo
adjective eat early in the morning
bookmarkgau mai moni
noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkgidee (laa) goe
see what i mean
bookmarkgili agau
verb a moss-like covering of the reef; fish which live on the reef
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkhagabigo de ngago
fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagaiho
verb show (someone) how to climb down
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagaodea
verb the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagapigi saele
adjective go around with someone constantly
bookmarkhagapuuninga
noun a total of
bookmarkhagatulu mai
verb ooze out
bookmarkhagauea
verb a sleeping mat
bookmarkhai madangi
verb to fart
bookmarkhai taelodo
adjective obtain something in great number
bookmarkhinangalomalie
adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world
bookmarkhuaahai
verb expertise
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kave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarkkobu dango
adjective the splash of a small object (like a dango) hitting the water at high velocity
bookmarkkosi
noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.
bookmarklaangihagamouli
time noun saturday (the day on which food isprepared for sunday)
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarkllobo
verb to put something in something else
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarkloimada
noun tears
bookmarklugu me
adjective having a tendency to take by force
bookmarkmadangi
noun air
bookmarkmaga tau hoe
to paddle (a canoe) vigorously
bookmarkmataodao
noun fishsp.: cornetfish
bookmarkmoe danuaa
die in piece
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmulo
verb rollup
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarkngudu ai
act as an interpreter
bookmarkngudu malie
eloquent (of a person)
bookmarknngana
adjective loud (noise)
bookmarknoobiho
adjective be enemies (of individuals only)
bookmarknounu
nuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarksamu
verb gossip,slander
bookmarksenga
crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarksiba
verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking
bookmarksigo ina uavesi
don’t forget
bookmarksili
adjective drawing to an end
bookmarksomo haahine
a fleshy (non-muscular) man
bookmarkssii
broken into many pieces (as glass when dropped)
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