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alobagi
verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll
bookmarkanaa laa
these (there) which were there
bookmarkasu
verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon
bookmarkbaleao
noun fish sp., milkfish
bookmarkbaledilo
verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear
bookmarkbaoa
verb wash up on shore
bookmarkbasabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkdaa hagasaalei
verb make a striped design in tatooing
bookmarkdaahinga
noun way of brushing off or sweeping
bookmarkdaalinga
noun an area near the flowering part of the coconut tree (where birds perch)
bookmarkdala
verb tell, say to, relate
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdangaligi
noun a type of basket
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkdili aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkdilimangali
verb
to catch flying fish
dilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdogi
noun adze; a tapping movement
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdoi
noun stain (as for wood)
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duu inai
type of mat (a half inai)
bookmarkduudae
noun feces
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarkgaalau
noun birdsp.: brownbooby
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgava uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgili solasola
verb leathery black skin (of humans)
bookmarkgu odi mai ogu
i have done all i could
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhagaalo-mea
verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagabaulia
verb figureout, determine
bookmarkhagadoe
verb put aside, leave for later, conserve
bookmarkhagadogo number
verb to join (to make up a group of a certain number)
bookmarkhagadolu (ina)
verb make a total of three
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
adjective make boxes
bookmarkhagahala
a sleeping mat
bookmarkhagalleo
verb to produce many sounds
bookmarkhagallogo
verb chant (in the old religious ceremony)
bookmarkhagatanu iho
adjective take a nap
bookmarkhagatevea
verb <= hagatevelia>
bookmarkhagauda de hau
put on a hau
bookmarkhagaui gee
avoid
bookmarkhagauu
verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)
bookmarkhaha
noun mouth odor
bookmarkhai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhaingaa me
noun work requiring a large work force
bookmarkhainoo
verb
permitted,open to the public,secular
hale suunugi
noun
a house with eaves touching the ground
heduge
noun slate-pencilurchin
bookmarkhegide
adjective see each other; meet up with
bookmarkhhadi iho luu vae
take a short break (in work involvingstanding)
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhua
verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)
bookmarkhuaa me
noun coconut (for drinking)
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkano de langi
noun a blue and cloudless sky
bookmarkkano malie
adjective a tasty tuber of good quality
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklanga
verb lift, raise up; copy out (by hand); ship from one place to another
bookmarklele tuli
adjective parturition
bookmarklludu
verb take all (of something)
bookmarklongo iho
adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)
bookmarkluu au
pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaavae
adjective separated (two things),divorced
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmahu
adjective healed (of a sore)
bookmarkmahuda age
wakeup
bookmarkmaoha saele
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmmidi
verb suck, suction (e.g., of sea current)
bookmarkmoni sulu
noun submarine
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkngadi basa
small talk; idle conversation
bookmarkngauda
adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarknoho hagamaaiongi
adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)
bookmarkohua
verb characterized by having ohu
bookmarkolaa
adjective a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkolo
noun an area in which sand has accumulated;beach, sandspit
bookmarksahole
noun fishsp.: mountainbass
bookmarkse hagabau
do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksomo
noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15
bookmarktea age laangi
noun dawn
bookmarkvaivai basa
dirty or obscene language; foulmouthed, swear
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