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alo-mea
adjective reddish color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkao ina
inadvertently remain up until daybreak (=aoa)
bookmarkau doga
noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary
bookmarkau hagi
verb an ocean current which turns away from the reef
bookmarkbaalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbaalasi ngago
adjective incubation of eggs (by a hen)
bookmarkbalangi
noun fish sp., tang
bookmarkbie
noun plant sp.: Polynesian arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides (l.) o.k.)
bookmarkbopobo
adjective deteriorated
bookmarkbuu-kangi-de-muli
noun mollusk sp.: cymatiidae spp., also bursa bubo
bookmarkdahulihuli donu
adjective
be careful
dala malo
adjective change clothes
bookmarkdalaehala
verb pricked
bookmarkdee hanga
adjective
don’t move away from the reef
degidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdemeenaa
that one where you are
bookmarkdena
that
bookmarkdenei tagodo
this is the situation...
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdona
verb wart,mole (raised)
bookmarkdoo de hatuli
the’falling of thunder’
doo lalo
verb unsuccessful
bookmarkdoo tuugau
a dislocation of the tuugau
bookmarkduu baeao
noun piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu modu
adjective vertical cut
bookmarkduudae baa
the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkgiado manu
noun the smaller outrigger booms at the ends of the canoe
bookmarkgili dabeo
verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm
bookmarkgili dama
verb soft-skinned
bookmarkgili langi
verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)
bookmarkgili malanga
verb a type of skin disease
bookmarkgo
hano
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkgolomagi
verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)
bookmarkgu malaia donu
to have been lucky
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhagaamuli
verb treat as junior
bookmarkhagadau kino
adjective hate each other
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhai kai
adjective show-off, proud
bookmarkhai me
verb industrious
bookmarkhaigamaiana
adjective effective,useful,worthwhile,important
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkili luu bongaa usu
ina gi hale
noun a row of thatch
bookmarkkano mouli
adjective fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarkkeeligi
verb put away against a contingency; take precautions
bookmarkkona loo
too much
bookmarklabagau
adjective carpenter; skillful (at a craft); craftsman
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklau de madila
a tuna of fair size
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarklo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lua-baaua
time noun the second number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkmada gapua
noun lagoonward part of a gapua
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmaea
noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)
bookmarkmagau baubau
adjective die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmagi ilihia
adjective gastritis (having one’s stomach full of gas)
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmanu de henua
noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)
bookmarkme aha ai
what for
bookmarkme ssalu lau
a scraper for leaves
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkngalullulu
adjective shaky
bookmarkniho kangi
noun tusk
bookmarknngie
noun plantsp.: crepemyrtleshrub(pemphis acidula forst.)
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkpii
adjective splashed,sprinkled
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksaibo
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarkse gava
know (how to do something) well
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksiia gi moana ngaadai
drift downwind, away from land
bookmarksiilinga a muna
noun trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksobalo
noun fishsp.: needlefish
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