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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkaoa
verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak
bookmarkbaa donu
adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)
bookmarkbugu
noun mons veneris
bookmarkdada de ava
a strong current in the channel
bookmarkdagamanga
noun path, route
bookmarkdahido lima
noun upper arm
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dangalebu de me
bad weather
bookmarkdau
pronoun your (singular; for singular, alienable noun)
bookmarkdau masa
noun the season during which tides are lowest
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdegedege
verb to wiggle the hips repeatedly
bookmarkdena
that
bookmarkdenaa ange maalie
that is exactly right
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdili aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell
bookmarkdoi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdoluu
pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)
bookmarkdoo me
verb plant things
bookmarkdugu de gubenga
set a gubenga net
bookmarkduu lua
verb to have the strength or capacity of two persons; to take on two persons in a fight
bookmarkduu mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkea gi lunga
to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)
bookmarkgabi
verb hold something between two (or more)other things; grab (between other things, e.g., fingers)
bookmarkgabidia
verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)
bookmarkgai de baibu
smoke cigarettes
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgu gide huu
spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)
bookmarkhaangoda ina
<= haangodalia>
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagaduumaa
verb add a portion
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagailonga
verb sign,mark,signal,omen
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagalilo
verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)
bookmarkhagallongo de lau nui
to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaamaalama
verb shine on continuously
bookmarkhagamaanadu
verb remember,remind
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhala a buadaia
noun a log used as a lever or fulcrum
bookmarkhalehale dagodo
adjective guarded condition or prognosis (of a sick person); unsettled (of a situation, the weather, etc.)
bookmarkhela
verb spread one’s legs (esp. a woman in the act of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkholia
verb to form (something); make (something)according to some model or plan
bookmarkise
noun fishsp.: halfbeak
bookmarkkave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarkkii
adjective win,overcome
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarklamu
verb do some bad deed suddenly or by surprise
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklevango
adjective fight
bookmarklo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarkmadaangudu
adjective converse with
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmai
verb arrive
bookmarkmalo gahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkmao denga ssave
a scarcity of ssave
bookmarkme dili dai
any current which flows away from the atoll
bookmarkme hagaahulu
prepared food
bookmarkme hagasahu vai
gutter (under the eaves of a house)
bookmarkme osi
noun a coconuttree seedling
bookmarkmoe
adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)
bookmarkmogobuna
noun grandchild,descendant of
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarknngao dalinga
hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknugu
noun land,islet
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksaulolua
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarksavini dua
adjective run backwards, move backwards fast
bookmarkse biho
clever (scheme or trick)
bookmarksii
adjective a stream or jet of water; dysentery
bookmarksiia gi moana ngaadai
drift downwind, away from land
bookmarksomo haahine
adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man
bookmarkssaga bau
sulu
dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)
bookmarkulumonu
porpoise
bookmarkvalaai hagasili lodo
a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion
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