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aboo
tonight
bookmarkagilau
verb pugnacious
bookmarkalaa ange
and those there
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbalu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbeluu
noun lizard; gecko
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbono aasanga
adjective a method of fishing (by blocking the channel at high tide)
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdaga
verb go from one place to another in a group
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activites, religious activities
bookmarkdahea iho
adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not
bookmarkdalia-mea
noun mollusksp.: mitra mitra
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdaudonu
adjective if, in the case that; gentle, mild-mannered, soft-spoken
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdenaa laa ()
that is it there (is that it there)
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdoolonga
noun a track left by a crawling thing
bookmarkduu o de hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkduubaa
noun one half of an oyster shell
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food made from taro
bookmarkgabe manava
adjective eat sparingly (just enough to maintain one’s strength), have a snack
bookmarkgabia
verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)
bookmarkgau dagodo
noun the boom of a sail
bookmarkgauligi daane
male child, boy
bookmarkgemo
adjective fast, swift
bookmarkgii age
cry out softly
bookmarkgona
noun belly button
bookmarkgu hia
how many was it
bookmarkhaa lodo
noun the inner coconut palm frond
bookmarkhagabuulei
verb put a ring on (someone)
bookmarkhagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagaoomea
verb to wait until oomea
bookmarkhagasugi
verb shorten, abbreviate; abbreviation, acronym, nickname
bookmarkhangaabo
verb the fitting together of the two halves of something, so that it is closed
bookmarkheohi ange
suited to,fit (with),appropriate to
bookmarkhilohilo senga
adjective half-crazy
bookmarkhinangalomalie
adjective feel happy or contented or at peacewith the world
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhongagelegele
honumia
verb filled with
bookmarkhoosenga ange
embarrassed by
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huuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkkii
verb move away
bookmarklanga de gauanga
to lift up the leg of an opponent in wrestling
lao gau-me
verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarkllama
verb fish for flying fish (at night)
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
maakau laa loo dangada
what a shame
bookmarkmadaaolo
noun capital of
bookmarkmadannia
noun finger
bookmarkmadau-dalinga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmalo sabo
noun breechclout
bookmarkmaua laa
nevermind
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
bookmarkme duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarknengenenge
ngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarknngao dalinga
hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknnoo hagamau me
insatiably acquisitive
bookmarkolonoa
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkpoo
adjective grab or catch in a single act
bookmarksalaa
flying fish
bookmarkseni ange
rest up for (e.g., the next day’s work)
bookmarktubuna aahine
noun grandmother
bookmarkulumonu
porpoise
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