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aheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkanei ai
these (here) only
bookmarkangi
verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbula
adjective a flash (e.g., of light); a quick glance; to light (a torch)
bookmarkbuni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkdaa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaa hhali
verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.
bookmarkdaamadaa-sele
noun insectsp.: waterbug
bookmarkdaballahi
adjective
thin (of long flat object)
daelodo
noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu
bookmarkdau ange
depend upon (e.g., for sustenance)
bookmarkdau maagau
noun a period during which many people die
bookmarkdaubasa
a great many
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdaumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkdee gamalie
adjective do very attentively
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdodi
adjective have a limp (physical condition)
bookmarkdoga
adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)
bookmarkdogaa ange
feel shy in the presence of
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkduu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarkgaalau-ango
noun plantsp.: tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)
bookmarkgaha paa
adjective a coconut with a small kernel
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgaleva
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
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gu hia
how many was it
bookmarkgulu bala
tree-ripened breadfruit
bookmarkguuduma
noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)
bookmarkhagaaha
verb cause to do what
bookmarkhagaaugau
verb cause infection
bookmarkhagadau gavange
adjective compete (between groups)
bookmarkhagadau kino
adjective hate each other
bookmarkhagahana ange
recook for a very little while
bookmarkhagalaagii
verb
decorate, adorn; ornament
hagamaasei ange
make smaller (away from one)
bookmarkhalaasola
noun mollusksp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkhale langadala
noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhelau
verb sorcery
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkhoolu
noun prow (bottom part)
bookmarkhuaa me
noun coconut (for drinking)
bookmarkhuaadangada
noun persons of a certain class or type
bookmarkhusi
taro bag, swamp
bookmarkhuugaabungubungu
very plump
bookmarkise
noun fishsp.: halfbeak
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklaalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarklaavea
verb stumble on
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklodo haa
maalie ange
a little later
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
malala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalo sabo
noun breechclout
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmanu ea
noun coralhead (at or broaching the surface of the water)
bookmarkmanugia
adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water
bookmarkmasole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
bookmarkmmoli gee
haul away from
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmuli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarkmuliagina
adjective last,final
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkniho hagadolo
noun incisor teeth
bookmarkpala de langi
it’s raining
bookmarkpugu
adjective
swollen
saelea
verb walked upon
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksali loimada
adjective to tear1 (in the eyes because, e.g., of smoke)
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarkssaga bau
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