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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkalohanga
noun a streak of smooth water in the sea
bookmarkango
ao
adjective sufficient
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbadai
adjective meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbagi
noun gun or any other weapon of similar nature
bookmarkbiigonga
noun a curve, way of being bent
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
boo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbungadogi
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkbuusagi
verb an eddy caused by a current
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdai hiigai
adjective hungry
bookmarkdangada ulu
noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdee ahe mai
adjective incurably ill
bookmarkdii
verb shine (sun)
bookmarkdoi-giva
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
doli
verb to obtain as many as one can; to defeatall comers
bookmarkdoli iho
adjective to obtain the biggest first
bookmarkgabe
verb gouge out
bookmarkgaehala
adjective immature breadfruit; an aerial root of a pandanus tree which is used as a jump rope
bookmarkgaimalie
adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)
bookmarkgalasi
galogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgamua
verb covered with gamu
bookmarkganabu
noun the base of a coconut tree trunk
bookmarkhaanau ssene
adjective yield interest
bookmarkhaangoda ina
<= haangodalia>
bookmarkhadi de uga
the curvature of a fish line when angling (due to underwater currents)
bookmarkhaele sala
adjective spoil (children), bringup (children) badly
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put someone into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagadau doo
adjective to transfer a string figure from oneperson’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagammau
verb memorize
bookmarkhagapigi ange
stick1 against (something), go with someone
bookmarkhakoloa
verb provide goloa for; support(someone, with material things)
bookmarkhanga-mea
noun
hano i luu moana
die (a person)
bookmarkhegai
adjective eat ravenously
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarkhulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkhulo saele
wander around
bookmarkino
adjective bow or nod or genuflect (as a sign of respect)
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
adjective double-edged
bookmarklao
the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklau ligi
verb having small leaves
bookmarklebidi
noun birdsp.: whitetern
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective contented,happy
bookmarkloomosi
verb kill someone by holding him under the water until he is drowned
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmaamaaua
adjective frequently maaua
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmadalama
noun tip of coconut palm leaf
bookmarkmagau danuaa
die peacefully (shown by a beatific facial expression on the corpse and the calmness of the weather)
bookmarkmagi labua gee
upset stomach (nausea)
bookmarkmagona
adjective extraordinary,outstanding,unusual
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmalogu
verb <= ngalogu>
bookmarkmasa boo
adjective mornings following nights during which the tide has gone out (which are good for looking for fish trapped on the reef)
bookmarkmasi
verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe
bookmarkme hagasili
a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)
bookmarkme mmilo
noun current (in the sea)
bookmarkmommomo
adjective a little at a time
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarknoodalo
verb duplicate
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkoluu
pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)
bookmarkoo iho (age)
adjective able to enter, going up (down)
bookmarkse aha
what is it
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkssii
a hissing sound used to indicate disapproval
bookmarktolu-laangi
Wednesday (’third day’)
bookmarkttea
adjective white
bookmarkvaenga o de langi
Milky Way
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