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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbaabaa ama
verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)
bookmarkbaasi lua
having two useful sides
bookmarkbasalia
verb be talked about (one person or thing only)
bookmarkbau
adjective to be worth it
bookmarkbulu
noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk
bookmarkbulubuludi
verb keep hugging
bookmarkbuu
noun bladder, balloon, ball; the head of the octopus; a net on a long handle; a conch shell trumpet; or any other round, hollow, inflatable object
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdae de lodo
be satisfied completely
bookmarkdalaa manu
noun piece of broken glass
bookmarkdaogave
noun a type of coconut tree
bookmarkdaohi i tua
learn by heart
bookmarkdee vasu
fearless (socially); inconsiderate
bookmarkdenga hhuge --
upward current
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkduu beleala
noun immature coconutapple
bookmarkduudane
noun buttock
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
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gaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgadigadi
noun itch
bookmarkgaehala
adjective immature breadfruit; an aerial root of a pandanus tree which is used as a jump rope
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadabena iho
adjective prepare oneself, make oneself ready
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagalleo
verb to produce many sounds
bookmarkhagamabua
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagapasa
verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other
bookmarkhagasaaloa
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasehua
verb to make a total of 1000 coconuts
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai me madua
act grown up
bookmarkhai me mule me
habitually slow or late
bookmarkhale duu biho
barbershop
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkheboohagi
adjective fight
bookmarkhhango
verb wakeup (someone)
bookmarkhidi
verb
to topple over
hologumi
adjective
hulo
verb
go
ilihia ssave
the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkkalo talinga
adjective clean out, or scratch, inside the ear
bookmarkkano de langi
noun a blue and cloudless sky
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklangaa lodo
adjective a sudden access of emotion
bookmarklodo mao lunga
characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit
bookmarkmadania teu ngaloto
noun middle finger
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmagi ssae aalanga
sore muscles (not associated with strain)
bookmarkmahana age
heartburn <>
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmoe dolo
verb to sneak into another’s house at night for the purpose of having sexual relations
bookmarkmoosugia ange
somewhat moosugia
bookmarkngadi basa
small talk; idle conversation
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarkngauda
adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman
bookmarkngudu leia
be the object of continual gossip
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarknoodalo
duplicate
bookmarkseaamonga
noun a unit of (twenty) coconuts for makinghuaahuu
bookmarksebu
adjective seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thighbone
bookmarksiili
noun a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksiilinga a muna
noun trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksivi
adjective giveup
bookmarksolo
verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)
bookmarksseni
ssuonioni
sand
bookmarksussunubega
wrasse (fish)
bookmarktaane sauaa
shark (euphemism)
bookmarkvalagei
whip black coral
bookmarkvinivini
noun wrinkle (fabric)
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