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abasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkadaada age
first light of the moon
bookmarkango
baa lahalaha
adjective broad-chested
bookmarkbaaua
noun fish sp., rabbitfish
bookmarkbangulu
noun a part of a traditional loom
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bigi lima
adjective hold hands
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbuni ange lodo
paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack
bookmarkdaa hagabodobodo
verb make a quick trip
bookmarkdaamada age
adjective start again
bookmarkdaane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdangada gohu
noun ignorant person
bookmarkdangage
verb raise one’s head up or back
bookmarkdao beau
noun the wave following the highest one
bookmarkdao hadu
verb cover up (by putting on layer after layer); give too much (e.g., work) to
bookmarkdao malui
noun a spear with a hinged barb
bookmarkdaogave
noun a type of coconut tree
bookmarkdaohi ange dahi hai
argue against
bookmarkdaula duu nui
noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground
bookmarkdee vaaseegina
hardly able to wait for
bookmarkdumanu
noun appearance,situation
bookmarkduulua
noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)
bookmarkga aha
and then did what
bookmarkgai lima dahi
to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgaleve
noun the sap of the coconut tree (taken from the inflorescence)
bookmarkgaloa
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgalubu
a type of toy
bookmarkgannui mada makaga
gannui which is firm
bookmarkgea
hawksbill turtle
bookmarkgoloa haangdoa
noun fishing gear
bookmarkgubo
verb work with concentration in the midstof a group
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagadagodo
verb cause to lie down or remain; illustrate by examples
bookmarkhagadilimangali
verb to teach someone to dilimangali
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagamaasui
noun a current which flows to the left
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work
bookmarkhagauda de hau
put on a hau
bookmarkhagavagavaga
verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death
bookmarkhanngoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll).
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhhuu
adjective chuckle
bookmarkhili de hau
make a hau
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
huuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship, etc.)
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklao
noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklaomalie
adjective big
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklebu
verb paint (something); put color on, color (something)
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarkloba
noun a type of mat
bookmarklodo kabi
verb filled to capacity
bookmarkloongia
verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmadala mai
get free, be loose; in bloom
bookmarkmagi ilihia
adjective gastritis (having one’s stomach full of gas)
bookmarkmahulu
noun wakefulness
bookmarkmamu-honga-dai
noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)
bookmarkmanu-a-luga
noun insectsp.: fruitfly
bookmarkmanu-a-madaligi
noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)
bookmarkmasavaa
noun time
bookmarkmoomada
adjective half-cooked
bookmarkmother
tinana
bookmarkmuna o de henua
noun a community meeting (for listeningto speeches or instructions)
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarkngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkngadi duu
adjective naked
bookmarkngalue iho
adjective reduced,decreased
bookmarkngaue
adjective move (oneself), moved
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarkoohia
verb (for a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e., the tide not being so low that it is too shallow)
bookmarksagana
verb watch carefully, keep an eye on
bookmarksahe
noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksavini gee
run away
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