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adaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkasu
verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon
bookmarkbaalau
adjective sticky, greasy
bookmarkbaguu de laa
past noon
bookmarkbanuunu
basa pada
adjective speak harshly
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkbini daubeemala
verb a method of making flower headdresses
bookmarkboaa ina mai
prevented from coming by being caught in a storm
bookmarkbula
adjective a flash (e.g., of light); a quick glance; to light (a torch)
bookmarkdaaligidia
verb to have been moved about by the wind
bookmarkdaane honu
noun a person of many accomplishments
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdaelodo dee odi ange
oddnumber
bookmarkdagu made
perhaps,maybe
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dama doe
noun the fourth child born to a couple
bookmarkdaula duu nui
noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground
bookmarkdelaa naa ()
that there will be it (will that be it)
bookmarkdeledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdodi
adjective have a limp (physical condition)
bookmarkduu gee
adjective out of alignment
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgainga o de moana
fish (when abundant in the ocean nearby)
bookmarkgalo hagalegunga
adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way
bookmarkgau hadu
the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgoloa hebagi
noun arms (tools of war)
bookmarkgolomagi lodo
adjective self-controlled
bookmarkguduaanga
noun abounding in lice
bookmarkhaaligi
verb wrap from under, wrap around; to line1 something (e.g., a box, with paper)
bookmarkhagadama
verb treat as a child
bookmarkhagaduu dala
adjective angry and ready to fight
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhagauda i tege
carry a basket, etc., on one’s hip
bookmarkhai maa
relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai me a leangi
bad-mannered
bookmarkhailu
verb wipe oneself (after defecating)
bookmarkhatuli
verb thunder
bookmarkhebaa
adjective be close
bookmarkhonu kadi
adjective filled up completely (with solids); full up (and tightly packed)
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkhulu
verb apply liquid on,smear on
bookmarkhulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkhulubala
verb smeared with grease or paint or food, etc.
bookmarkhuudanga
noun way of singing
bookmarkilaage mai
free from
bookmarklabua
verb knead thoroughly
bookmarklao gau-me
verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarkllonga
verb muscle fatigue
bookmarkmaangalo
verb sweet
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dolu
number thirteen
bookmarkmadaangahulu
numeral ten (objects)
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmahi loa
adjective tireless
bookmarkmahu
adjective healed (of a sore)
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmamu
noun fish (generic term)
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
manu vaaligi
noun insect (small)
bookmarkme abadai
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme de lodo
noun a fishing place (in the lagoon)
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
bookmarkmoolau huu
punctual
bookmarkniho
noun tooth, teeth
bookmarknodi
verb to tie a knot in the hair
bookmarkoo
adjective shout
bookmarkoo
number zero
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarktainadaane o dogu bodu
noun brother in law
bookmarkunusaagi
deception
bookmarkvvala
a piercingly bright light; the cutting of a fast canoe through the water
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