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adu
alo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkaloo anahee
for how long has this been going on
bookmarkbaluu
noun coconut crab
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bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbongaa manu
noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)
bookmarkbubu donu
adjective move skillfully
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbunei
noun fish sp.: batfish
bookmarkdaaligidanga
noun the slope of a canoe’s keel
bookmarkdaane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdaane ssili dala
special one,important one
bookmarkdagodo mai
appear from yonder
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdai deeai donu
almost none at all
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdatada
verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
bookmarkdau malino
verb an area of the sea which is dead calm
bookmarkdaumaha daahili
noun song service (in church)
bookmarkdebele
noun table
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdogaa ange
feel shy in the presence of
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkduu ange
adjective wait for; resemble someone (owing to a consanguineal relationship)
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkduudae goede
noun the inky excretion of the octopus
bookmarkgaadu
verb give (colloquial)
bookmarkgaba-moe
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish
bookmarkgai de henua
noun native food (not imported)
bookmarkgalavalava
noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgano agau
reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgave lodo
adjective attract attention
bookmarkgolo me
adjective unforgiving
bookmarkgoo
adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkhaangoda ina
<= haangodalia>
bookmarkhadu solo bulaga
a taro grater made from a certain type of coral
bookmarkhagaaliali
verb to attempt to attract a member of the opposite sex through exhibitionism
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagalongaa
adjective <= hagalongoaa>
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagammuni
verb hide (something) from
bookmarkhai me mule me
habitually slow or late
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkhodo
noun the spine of the stingray
bookmarkholi
shape of, form of
bookmarkhonga de masavaa
at the time of
bookmarkhonu de maasina
noun full moon
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkkadi gauvae
adjective to clench one’s teeth (from cold)
bookmarklalaa
verb sizzling noise (as in frying)
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarkloha
noun birdsp. (never seen live)
bookmarklongo iho
adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)
bookmarkluu ogu
pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkluu panava
noun scrotum (whole thing)
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmada hoou
adjective brand new
bookmarkmadaangahulu-malama
time noun october (’tenth month’)
bookmarkmagi dee manava
asthma
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmalo haahine
noun dress
bookmarkmanu vaaligi
noun insect (small)
bookmarkmasana
verb good (quality)
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkme aha ai
what for
bookmarkme dau
noun thing of importance,worthwhile
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
muli
adjective debt,owe
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarkodea
noon, midday
bookmarkodo
verb thatch
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkolaa
a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkosi
a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksabini
verb to wrap around
bookmarksae de hadu
make a grater (by punching holes insheet metal)
bookmarksahe
noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow
bookmarksali ssavale
salivate
bookmarksamua
verb slandered; to have been an object of gossip
bookmarksavini
adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarktama
noun child
bookmarkuhi
to replace a ridge pole cover of a thatch house; to cover the sides of a house with plaited green coconut leaves as protection against ghosts
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