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aamanu
verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead
bookmarkadumua
verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkaloage
alualumia
verb
sendaway
au hebaledage
noun a confluence of ocean currents (on the surface only)
bookmarkau madua
verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect
bookmarkbangi dua beau
a certain way of pinching with the fingers
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbili
adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)
bookmarkboibala
adjective watery (of prepared food)
bookmarkboo ga dae laa
my goodness
bookmarkbulu giidagi
noun a type of caulking compound, made from bulu and sap
bookmarkdaane dau
noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)
bookmarkdaasissisi
verb striped (with stripes)
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdatada
verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
bookmarkdatanu
noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)
bookmarkdaula de gona
noun
a cord between the naval and the genitals
dee mahana tae
stay for only a short time
bookmarkdenaa donu
that is it for sure
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkduu nui
adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope
bookmarkea
adjective to surface (while swimming); to be on the surface of the water; stop swimming
bookmarkgabetili
noun parent-in-law
bookmarkgabidia
verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkganae-oo
noun fishsp.: threadfin
bookmarkgieuli
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhadu solo bulaga
a taro grater made from a certain type of coral
bookmarkhaele sala
spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagabulumau
adjective watch your step climbing
bookmarkhagabuulinga dangada
noun tribe
bookmarkhagadau bale
verb cooperate; help one another
bookmarkhagaditidi de hadu
to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadogaa dangada
adjective embarrass people by one’s actions
bookmarkhagaduu ssaalanga
adjective search intently for
bookmarkhagahana age
recook for several days
bookmarkhagahedae
verb make equal; go to meet
bookmarkhagalolo
verb to add oil (esp. coconut cream) to food
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrespectful way
bookmarkhagasoa
verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber
bookmarkhagasolo age
keep postponing or delaying
bookmarkhai me gaiaa
to be reluctant to express oneself openly (esp. to persons in certain types ofrelationship to one)
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakino gee
filthy,disgusting
bookmarkhhango
verb wakeup (someone)
bookmarkhhuge age malo
lift up one’s skirts (to expose one’s genitals)
bookmarkhidu-limu
time noun the seventh number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
honu tolo
noun a turtle of the largest size
bookmarkhoohoo ina
to frighten with sounds
bookmarkili luu bongaa usu
ivi sulu
noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)
bookmarkkii ange
verb increase
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklolo
noun oil
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkmmene
adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)
bookmarkmoni
noun canoe
bookmarkmulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarknao baasua
verb to collect baasua
bookmarkngadi uaa
adjective assent to insincerely
bookmarkngaue age
increase (in rank or price, etc.)
bookmarkngisi
verb a squeaking sound
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksaesaele
verb to wander around continually (doing so at present and likely to be doing so in the future)
bookmarksali ssavale
salivate
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarksou
verb a gust of wind
bookmarkssae de hine
to deflower a girl
bookmarktainadaane madua
noun elder brother
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