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amoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbaasanga tugi ange muna
talk back
bookmarkbabaiangi
verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)
bookmarkboaa ina
adjective be caught in strong wind or heavy rain
bookmarkboo adu laa
day after tomorrow at night
bookmarkbula de ganomada
get mad
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
daahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdama naale
noun a talkative, deceitful person
bookmarkdau gadea
noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)
bookmarkde hua nei
this size
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdoli
verb to obtain as many as one can; to defeatall comers
bookmarkdoo ngaage
adjective south wind
bookmarkduu dalo
noun piece of soft taro
bookmarkduu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarkduu galeve
adjective to collect the sap of a coconut tree (from its inflorescence)
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgaa gee de nnamu
having a strong odor
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gaagose
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgai me
adjective eat food
bookmarkganaudogo
noun
an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat
gannui ngadaa
adjective a coconut which has less gannui than would be expected at its stage of maturity
bookmarkgoloa lalo
noun gear obtained from foreign lands
bookmarkhaale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhaangoda de boo
a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagabuni
verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadeai
verb cause to become non-existent
bookmarkhagaditidi de hadu
to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadoe
verb put aside, leave for later, conserve
bookmarkhagamau
verb to strive to become acquainted with
bookmarkhagamua
verb be first; get closer to
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhagatugu
verb crouch down
bookmarkhagatulu mai
ooze out
bookmarkhai damana
adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)
bookmarkhano goe
see what i told you
bookmarkhano mouli
verb disappear alive, especially into another world
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencil urchin
bookmarkhegide
adjective see each other; meet up with
bookmarkhelui
adjective diminution of
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhili de hau
make a hau
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarkkobu dango
adjective the splash of a small object (like a dango) hitting the water at high velocity
bookmarkkosi
verb to scratch (once)
bookmarklausedi
noun
levango
adjective fight
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarklodo lanea
adjective large in volume
bookmarkloma
adjective very calm, silent
bookmarkmadaaolo
noun capital of
bookmarkmaea
noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)
bookmarkmaholahola danuaa age
revitalized (by a shower or rest, etc.)
bookmarkmalu gohu
adjective becoming darker (as when the sky becomes overcast)
bookmarkme balabala
noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)
bookmarkme hagaahulu
noun prepared food
bookmarkmeemaagau
noun non-living thing
bookmarkmilo gee
to turn the opposite way
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarkngani mai
ngani toward oneself; fit (of clothes)
bookmarkpaa de mahedua
sneeze loudly
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksalaa
noun fishsp.: flyingfish
bookmarksili gee
standout from (others in a group) indistance or height
bookmarksingano
the flower of a pandanus tree
bookmarkssae de leo
to project one’s voice better (e.g., after clearing one’s throat)
bookmarksui
change, replace
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
bookmarkuhe
wasteful of taro when peeling it
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