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abi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkabongi
adjective capsize
bookmarkalaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkalahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkaloalo
verb to paddle (a canoe)
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkaoa
verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak
bookmarkboogia mai
be caught doing something wrong
bookmarkbuliaamou
adjective long for, homesick
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
buu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdala
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdama ssege
noun a foetus which has been aborted
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdangada ulu
noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdee modu
adjective continually
bookmarkdelaa naa ()
that there will be it (will that be it)
bookmarkdogi daadaa
noun adze with a small blade for light chipping
bookmarkdugu de laa
lower sail
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkduugia i de gai
be tired of eating a particular kind of food
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkduumaa de gelegele
numeral trillion (a million million)
bookmarkea gi lunga
to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)
bookmarkege ange
move (something) over
bookmarkgabe
gouge out
bookmarkganava
noun plantsp.: treesp.: cordiatree(cordia subcordata lam.)
bookmarkgaunga
noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire
bookmarkgili
skin
bookmarkgio
noun mollusksp.: charonia spp.
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
haangoda mada aasanga
to fish for labelabe
bookmarkhaanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhagabaasi
verb do toward one side
bookmarkhagadau doa
adjective to show one’s strength by doing something difficult
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagamalemolemo
verb
hagammau
adjective poisonous
bookmarkhagaobe
verb cause to have obe
bookmarkhagausinga
noun raincloud (includes all cumulus types)
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai madangi
verb to fart
bookmarkhai moni
adjective sailor
bookmarkhano kaba
adjective go immediately
bookmarkhano saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhhao
verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)
bookmarkhonu tolo
noun a turtle of the largest size
bookmarkhoosenga ange
embarrassed by
bookmarkkii
verb move away
bookmarkkii mai
decreasing
bookmarklaangidabu
time noun sunday
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarklo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarklode
inside
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkluungagi
verb to be in a place protected from the wind, lee
bookmarkmada ligiligi
adjective having small eyes or holes
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
magi nngali
verb any sickness leading to emaciation (e.g., t.b.); a wasting illness (terminal)
bookmarkmahidi
adjective
separated from and curled up from
manumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmasavaa alodahi
noun always
bookmarkpii
adjective splashed,sprinkled
bookmarksaba
verb capable (of a person)
bookmarkse gainga
adjective abundant
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarktama hagai
poor fellow!
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tinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarktogo dahi
first
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