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aadea moana
adjective unobstructed
bookmarkaahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkabadai
european
aladi
verb initiate, begin
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa donu
those only
bookmarkanei laa
these (here) which were there
bookmarkanga gi lodo
adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle
bookmarkangaanga
adjective aware, alert
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkango
anumia
verb bobbing in the water
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkbulu giidagi
noun a type of caulking compound, made from bulu and sap
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdahido mada
noun inner corner of the eye
bookmarkdahuli de vae
dislocated ankle
bookmarkdangada gohu
noun ignorant person
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdee gamalie
adjective do very attentively
bookmarkdee mahana tae
stay for only a short time
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdohu de gili
covered all over (skin) with
bookmarkduu de --
make a string figure
bookmarkduu gee
adjective out of alignment
bookmarkduunanga
noun that which has been cooked
bookmarkga dae laa huu
very, too much
bookmarkgai holoholo
verb eat fast
bookmarkgalamata
noun eye
bookmarkgau looloa gaadinga
noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts
bookmarkgelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgidee (laa) goe
see what i mean
bookmarkgili hau
noun the inner bark of the hibiscus
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
noun cushionstarfish
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaahee
adjective when (near future)
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagaduu me
adjective miserly
bookmarkhagahidu (ina)
verb the name of a person in a traditional story
bookmarkhagahongagelegele
verb to make a child defecate
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
inexpensive
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhai sala
adjective mistake,error
bookmarkhakino gee
filthy,disgusting
bookmarkhesilihagi
verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhhuda
adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhulu manu
noun feathers
bookmarkigauli
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
bookmarkioo
adjective
to make a sound indicating "take it"
kangi baasi lua
adjective double-edged
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklua-baaua
time noun the second number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaailaba
noun axis (or long thing through the center of something)
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmaanegabo
adjective energetic
bookmarkmaava
adjective yawn,belch
bookmarkmagau de lima
a paralyzed arm
bookmarkmainu
noun bait (on the hook)
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmee hai ada
camera
bookmarkmmala luu mada
stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
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moumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarkngadi seesee
walk barefoot, stroll
bookmarkngavesi haangoda
noun fishing tacklebox
bookmarkniho gai
noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)
bookmarknoho hagamaaiongi
adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)
bookmarknoho mai (adu, ange)
resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarkpanga
adjective
salaboli
noun may
bookmarkse hagabau
do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean
bookmarksigale
verb scull (a boat)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarktahi-malama
noun January (’first month’)
bookmarktainaahine gauligi
noun younger sister
bookmarktuugili
noun goosebumps
bookmarkua
noun neck
bookmarkvasu
like
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