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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkadumodu
noun group of islets; atoll (collection of islets)
bookmarkboo hagalele mouli
a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)
bookmarkdaaea
noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)
bookmarkdaahili daumaha
adjective a church song
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdau
noun chant (ancient)
bookmarkday
laangi
bookmarkdee manava age
do earnestly
bookmarkdee modu
adjective continually
bookmarkdenei naa ()
this will be it. (will this be it)
bookmarkdenga meenaa
those ones (plural)
bookmarkdiba
adjective not level, tipped to one side
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut
bookmarkdolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkdugu de laa
lower sail
bookmarkdugu gee
put aside, setaside; treat (a person) differently from others
bookmarkduu beleala
noun immature coconutapple
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continue upon
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkea gi lunga
to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)
bookmarkgaagose
sea cucumber
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgabetili
noun parent-in-law
bookmarkgabinivali
a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgadoi
verb
a type of coconut with an edible husk
gano dea
the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkguba-baabaa
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhagaahee
adjective when (near future)
bookmarkhagabau
verb measure, calculate,estimate
bookmarkhagadangada
verb treat someone as a human being
bookmarkhagadau-me
adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue
bookmarkhagaduai
verb cause to be worn out
bookmarkhagagalauna
verb teach to use galauna
bookmarkhagamouli
verb give life to, bring back life; food(prepared for a meal)
bookmarkhagaola
verb save from
bookmarkhagasele age
verb make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)
bookmarkhai de boo (o)
celebrate the birthday (of)
bookmarkhai me a gauligi
a childish act
bookmarkhano de leebunga
run (of a color); fade (of a color)
bookmarkhenga
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkhesilihagi gee
to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance
bookmarkhhogi
adjective a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle
bookmarkhine sala daane
noun nymphomaniac
bookmarkiga-adagahi
noun
fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)
ilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship)
bookmarkkai, dalanga
story
bookmarkkangi de hagasaele
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarklahu
verb investigate (to prove one’s suspicions)
bookmarkleuleu
adjective becoming leu
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarklodo manege
adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmagi i de malama
menstruation
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot (weather)
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkmaunusi
adjective pulled out,removed (by pulling out)
bookmarkmoe dige
adjective to roll away from one’s bedding while sleeping (on the floor)
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkmoole
noun
mulegi
show off (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkpaa age
explode from below
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck, punishment
bookmarkpalo
noun a watery area extending into a land area (e.g., a bay)
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarksahe
noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksao gainga
adjective sweep or cleanup trash
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkssaga bau
tegi
adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)
bookmarktolu-laangi
Wednesday (’third day’)
bookmarkvvede
to massage
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