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abitala
noun eave (of a house)
bookmarkadugau daane
noun part of the plug of the pandanus
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbodubodu
verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.
bookmarkdaane e manege
noun a person who is capable at almost anything
bookmarkdaatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdababa-gabugabu-tai
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdamana
noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdau mamu
verb the season in which fish are abundant
bookmarkdebeaha
okay; so-so
bookmarkdegi
verb to jerk; get something quickly
bookmarkdelaa huu
that was it just as before
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
dohi dilo
verb to strip dilo (to make plaited hats, etc.)
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkdoolohi
verb chase,run after
bookmarkgabidia
verb held firmly (by something not part of the human body)
bookmarkgadagada doo me
laugh at
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgadinibidi
noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkgai moumou
verb wasteful of food
bookmarkgaini
any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkganimago
noun mollusksp.: malea pomum
bookmarkgau de henua
natives
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoinga
noun a boundary marker (of stone)
bookmarkhaangoda ina
<= haangodalia>
bookmarkhadu mada
noun eyeball
bookmarkhagaalukaba
verb cause to leave quickly, force out
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabaa
verb to crack (as a nut)
bookmarkhagaboo
adjective greet; take leave of
bookmarkhagadalabaimanugadele
verb
hagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagamaamaane de lodo
cheer up (someone)
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagapuunia
verb add up (many things)
bookmarkhai gaavenga
verb restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai modo
verb eat (or pick) when still unripe
bookmarkhano i luu moana
die (a person)
bookmarkhhagi gee
turn away from (to avoid),veer
bookmarkholomanga
noun throat (inside)
bookmarkhuligee
turn away from, turn inside out (of clothes)
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
adjective double-edged
bookmarklaagau hagadauaadea
noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it
bookmarklaagau-doi
noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made
bookmarklava sili
adjective good enough; stop
bookmarklima-laangi
time noun friday (’fifth day’)
bookmarklima-pilo
time noun the fifth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmagi haahine
menstruation
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanigangi
adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmmade ange aalanga
adjective completely exhausted; completelydiscouraged
bookmarkmmoli gee
haul away from
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarkngudu lagolago
lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkoaa
adjective a sound indicating disagreement ordispleasure; oh my gosh
bookmarkpalo
noun a watery area extending into a land area (e.g., a bay)
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sahole
noun fishsp.: mountainbass
bookmarksau makaga de madangi
the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction
bookmarksiili
a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmark
ubu
kneecap; the shell of a coconut
bookmarkvalea
moldy; to have been in place for a long time
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