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aahee loo
when (distant future)
bookmarkabadai
european
abo sala
adjective mean (by nature), unkind
bookmarkabongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkalaa muhuu
how about those there
bookmarkanaa ai
these (there) only
bookmarkanga
verb the span of the outstretched thumb and little finger; a measurement of one span
bookmarkboobodo
adjective occurring at short intervals
bookmarkbulubuludi
verb keep hugging
bookmarkbungaleu
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkbuu unga
noun an empty seashell; one of (a pair of) diving goggles
bookmarkdaa gee taahili
sing off-key
bookmarkdaa hatau
verb beat unmercifully
bookmarkdagu made
perhaps,maybe
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdangalebu
verb rough or choppy sea condition
bookmarkdau ange
depend upon (e.g., for sustenance)
bookmarkdeengaa gamalie
adjective let’s do it attentively
bookmarkdele de longo
spread news or rumors
bookmarkdenga hhuge --
upward current
bookmarkdino boo
noun nights (2) when the full moon appears just after sunset
bookmarkdoo lalo
verb unsuccessful
bookmarkduha
verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)
bookmarkduu taelodo
obtain one’s quota
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
bookmarkgamedi
noun
gano siga
noun strands (of cloth)
bookmarkgelu-hai-usu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgolomagi
verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)
bookmarkguduaanga
noun abounding in lice
bookmarkhaa daha
noun the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhagaanu
verb cause to dance or sway
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagabaua
verb figureout, determine
bookmarkhagabunidia
verb add up
bookmarkhagadubu gi se --
verb transfigure into a --
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhagasolo age
keep postponing or delaying
bookmarkhagassogaanga
noun
hagavaivai
verb cause to become watery, or less viscous
bookmarkhai huaame
punctilious, be particular
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhebaledage
verb a confluence of currents (making the water choppy)
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhilo
verb mix; braid strands of sennit
bookmarkhilo hagamaadau
verb
to braid sennit with the right hand;
hiloa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkhobulaa
adjective a sound uttered esp. when liftingsomething
bookmarkholadage
adjective laid out or spreadout all over
bookmarkhologemo
adjective
hou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhue
noun plantsp.: vine sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkio alo
noun lower io, q.v.
bookmarkioonga
noun way of giving
bookmarkise-ngaio
needlefish
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkaba donu
wait!
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarklebidi
noun birdsp.: whitetern
bookmarklibolibo ange
drunk, dizzy, crazy
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklunga ange
up more
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmaahe
adjective decrease (in strength, rate of growth, etc.)
bookmarkmaanadu bodobodo
adjective limited in intelligence
bookmarkmaangoa
adjective to be dry
bookmarkmahulu
noun wakefulness
bookmarkmasole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkme de lodo
noun a fishing place (in the lagoon)
bookmarkme ssalu lau
a scraper for leaves
bookmarkmee mmala
noun gallbladder
bookmarkmeemaagau
noun non-living thing
bookmarkmougu
noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.
bookmarkmouli age
regain consciousness, rise from thedead
bookmarkngadi ngavesi
noun an empty box
bookmarkngudu malie
eloquent (of a person)
bookmarknoodanga
noun bundle, knot; a set of 12 differentfishing lures
bookmarksalaa
flying fish
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarkssele i de niho
damn it!
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktoogili
adjective wrinkly
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