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aabi
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkaada
adjective easily startled, skittish, wild (of animals)
bookmarkaahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkaalo
verb come by paddling
bookmarkaboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkalohi lima
noun palm (of hand)
bookmarkanaange laa hanu
a little while ago
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkanga-mea
noun fish sp. (= large dada)
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbasa hagassee
verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made
bookmarkbasalia
verb be talked about (one person or thing only)
bookmarkbili makaga
love
bookmarkbolo iho
adjective to make oneself the beneficiary of a will which one has made for another
bookmarkbugu
noun mons veneris
bookmarkbuni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkbuu tangada
noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkdaa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdaa sseu
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
bookmarkdaane i lalo
noun a person who fails at everything he tries
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdane
verb a fungus infection of the skin (consisting of superficial white spots)
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdango
noun cat’s-eye (of a shell); operculum of a gastropod
bookmarkdao bagu
verb dry out (fish or food to preserve it)
bookmarkdolu llau
number three hundred
bookmarkdonu iho
adjective realize, understand
bookmarkdoo
verb get down, get off; take up a stringfigure (from another’s hands); fall;plant (something); drop down
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkdoo mua
adjective very
bookmarkga aha
and then did what
bookmarkganava
noun plantsp.: treesp.: cordiatree(cordia subcordata lam.)
bookmarkgiado
outrigger boom
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkhaale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabaua
verb figureout, determine
bookmarkhagamele
verb
hagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasele age
verb make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)
bookmarkhagi me
verb pick coconuts
bookmarkhakiia
verb move (something) away completely
bookmarkhebaa
adjective be close
bookmarkhhano
verb wash one’s own hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhhuda
adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time
bookmarkhue
noun plantsp.: vine sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkhulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkhulo saaele
verb wander around
bookmarkina-gi-hale
noun a row of thatch
bookmarkivi ngongo
noun collarbone
bookmarkivi-a-daea
noun shoulderblade
bookmarklaangai buusagi
noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklodo haa
lolo
oil
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmaaheahe
adjective decreasing
bookmarkmagau de laa
weakness of the sun’s rays (for drying)
magi i de makama
menstruation
bookmarkmana
supernatural power
bookmarkmanu hao vai
noun a bottle (of glass)
bookmarkmanu-gaba-aasanga
noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarkooi
adjective a sound used in communicating at a distance (= "yes")
bookmarkpelaini
verb to fry
bookmarkpulu
verb to be dry and smooth; satiated; be able to withstand
bookmarksaba
verb capable (of a person)
bookmarksabala
adjective willing to
bookmarksabasaba
verb unstably balanced
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarksee
adjective cry aloud
bookmarksiga
verb
to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool
sigale
verb scull (a boat)
bookmarkssae de leo
to project one’s voice better (e.g., after clearing one’s throat)
bookmarkssege tama
miscarriage
bookmarksugi de ngudu
the corner of the mouth
bookmarkuaua
crave (for food)
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