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aabida
verb make a coil of dried pandanus leaves
bookmarkago
verb learn, teach
bookmarkaha naa
let’s (later)
bookmarkalaa ai
those only
bookmarkalahenua
noun plot of (bush) land, acreage
bookmarkaude haia
no kidding
bookmarkbasa hagamao lunga
speak arrogantly
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bibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbii o madahasi
a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night
bookmarkbuu goede
worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdaea
adjective to have arrived at
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdaga ula
verb go lobster catching
bookmarkdagahi ange gi de --
serve as a side dish for
bookmarkdagodo mai
appear from yonder
bookmarkdahi tali
adjective depend on (e.g., to come), rely on
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdalebu
verb turbulent (air or seas)
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkde aha
which is it
bookmarkde ahiahi danua
good evening
bookmarkdee baa tae
stay for only a very short time
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdohi dilo
verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)
bookmarkdolu-inoha
time noun the third number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdotodo
verb bloody (of a person)
bookmarkdugi de lodo
to fish in various places (in the lagoon) in order to catch as many fish (of any kind) as possible
bookmarkduu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarkduu duli
adjective kneel
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngaadai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgai ngaadahi
adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population
bookmarkgau anga
noun thigh
bookmarkgaunga
noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire
bookmarkgava-dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgiado madua
noun main outrigger booms
bookmarkgili dabeo
verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm
bookmarkhaelu
verb var. of hailu
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagaao
verb cause to be sufficient
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhaiava
noun road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner
bookmarkhalehale me donu huu
surprisingly, it turned out to be possible
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhoa lalo
noun anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkholo
verb
swallow
hua i gadea
the side of the main body of the canoe away from the outrigger float
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iho daahagi
adjective
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears
itebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkkii
adjective win,overcome
bookmarklaagau-bala-uda
noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarklligi
adjective
fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small
maangalo
sweet
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmagua
adjective thieving
bookmarkmahanasia
verb heated
bookmarkmaholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmassogosogolia
verb to have been by oneself
bookmarkme ne modu
decision
bookmarknehu
verb clear (in focus)
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkpelaini
verb to fry
bookmarksaavale
noun spit, saliva
bookmarksae mai
break through the bush (toward one)
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksiva-dahanga
time noun the ninth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarksomo
adjective grow, develop; coconutapple
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktainaahine o dogu bodu
noun sister-in-law
bookmarkudo
the soft wood around the center of a tree trunk
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