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aahulu
verb to leave food cooking overnight
bookmarkaduhenua
noun group of islands or atolls; archipelago
bookmarkanaa maa
those were about (approximately)
bookmarkbaa donu
adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)
bookmarkbaba ange
ready for
bookmarkboo gi de gai
continually wanting to eat
bookmarkbubu
adjective move about
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbula de ganomada
get mad
bookmarkdaia e tulidaa
urgency in micturation
bookmarkdami
verb close1 one’s jaws; closing of the two halves of a clam shell
bookmarkdangii
noun fishsp. (= small valu)
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdeainga
noun nothingness
bookmarkdelaa ai loo
that was it at last
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdogo duu
verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe
bookmarkdohi dilo
verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkduliduli
verb hurting of one’s ears from high-pitched noises
bookmarkduubulei
noun head of the penis
bookmarkgai lima lua
eat greedily (with both hands)
bookmarkgalisi
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkgana
bad person
bookmarkgano siga
noun strands (of cloth)
bookmarkgii age
cry out softly
bookmarkgo
hano
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhagadogaa dangada
adjective embarrass people by one’s actions
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagadoopeva
verb playatrickon
bookmarkhagaiho
verb show (someone) how to climb down
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrepectful way
bookmarkhai duu
verb to carry a baby about
bookmarkhakide gee
spoil (a child)
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhulu manu
noun feathers
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkianga
verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger
bookmarkina gi hale
noun a row of thatch
bookmarkkii iho
adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
lava i de goloa
having many goloa
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
loselose-ganoanga
noun fishsp.
bookmarklou
a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down
bookmarkluu oluu
pronoun your (plural; for dual noun)
bookmarkmabu
adjective rested
bookmarkmadalama
noun tip of coconut palm leaf
bookmarkmaduupaa
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkmagulu
adjective defeated
bookmarkmahanga
adjective be split open
bookmarkmahedua
noun sneeze
bookmarkmahuda
adjective be awake for a short time; have one’s eyes open
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmanu somo
noun tree, plant
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmatoloia
noun a type of prepared food (made from dried breadfruit)
bookmarkmmao
adjective far,distant
bookmarkmoa
noun birdsp.
bookmarkmou
noun
agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;
ngaage nei
gilbertislands
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarkolo
noun an area in which sand has accumulated;beach, sandspit
bookmarkpaa age
explode from below
bookmarksahudu
noun fishsp.: seabass
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktilo buna
noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)
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bookmarktulungaahi
noun hearth, cooking pit/fire
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
bookmarkuli
adjective black
bookmarkvaga
noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship
bookmarkvalagei
whip black coral
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