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aagonga i lalo
noun social class of those who know magic
bookmarkabasasa
noun European
bookmarkabo manu
adjective to correct someone without justification
bookmarkalobagi
verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkaoa
verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbongaa manu
noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkbuu-kangi-de-muli
noun mollusk sp.: cymatiidae spp., also bursa bubo
bookmarkdaahanga ange
give pleasure to someone by giving himsomething
bookmarkdama doo
noun a foetus which has been aborted
bookmarkdama iai
noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdangada de henua
noun natives of nukuoro
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally apportioned
bookmarkdolo
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdoo ai me
<= doo me ai>
bookmarkdua alohagi
noun fishingline of a size appropriate fortrolling
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkduu kolu
adjective stand bracing oneself
bookmarkduulua
noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)
bookmarkga aha
and then did what
bookmarkgaagaasia
verb rubbed against (of lines only)
bookmarkgagu
adjective well-mannered
bookmarkgave hua podo
sprint (footrace of short distance)
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
gobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgoobai-o-lillo
noun mollusk sp.: trochus
bookmarkhaangoda de boo
a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)
bookmarkhadi bodo
adjective breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundarystone
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagailangi
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhagamadia
adjective show-off
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagammidi
noun suction of a sea current, undertow.
bookmarkhagamoolau
verb hurry,rush
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhahine
woman
bookmarkhai duu
verb to carry a baby about
bookmarkhai me dagi
work slowly
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhenuu
placenta
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkholo
verb
swallow
holomanga
noun throat
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhua o tangada
outcome (of individual effort)
bookmarkianga
verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger
bookmarkkave huaame
verb take the whole thing
bookmarklai
noun forehead
bookmarklaosedi
noun seawater
bookmarklodo baageaa
adjective weak-willed, easily tempted; excitedeasily by the opposite sex
bookmarkmaagoda
adjective jealous (sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmaanadu age
decide (arrive at a decision), make upone’s mind; think up
bookmarkmaaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmada dabu
adjective
affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other
mada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmadalua maa haa
number twenty four
bookmarkmagulugulu
adjective to despair (of attaining success)
bookmarkmai moni
a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkmalaangahu
noun feast held for a newly launched canoe
bookmarkmamu-honga-dai
noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)
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me hagaodi
noun last one
bookmarkmilosanga
noun the way in which current flows
bookmarkmogo
noun coconutapple (young and edible)
bookmarkngadi laangi
noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished
bookmarkoha de ganomada
to work on a craft item (e.g., a canoe) with a model in mind of the finished product which is different from that of the person who began the work
bookmark
saagule
pick head lice
bookmarksaga
adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)
bookmarksengalia
verb deceived, fooled; made dependent upon(e.g., gifts)
bookmarksongagi
noun a bad sort of person
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarktino
noun piece; share
bookmarktuugili
noun goosebumps
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