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ahe age
start again, reoccur
bookmarkanei huu
these (here) only are the ones
bookmarkangia
verb blow away, cause to move (in the water)
bookmarkbaalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbasa dua nnui
speak undiplomatically
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkboaanga
noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun way of travelling
bookmarkdaangenge
verb meaty (not having much fat)
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdama madua
noun eldest child
bookmarkdamadaa
verb to have started it; to have begun it
bookmarkdao huge
verb to open an earth oven as soon as the food is cooked
bookmarkdebele
noun table
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdiiloo
verb look after; look at attentively
bookmarkdohi lau
verb to strip pandanus leaves (to make mats, etc.)
bookmarkdoi-lesi
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
doo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkdoo ngaage
adjective south wind
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkgaba taiao
noun early morning
bookmarkgabi saele
adjective carry around holding
bookmarkgabola
verb flatten out something mushy
bookmarkgage saali
verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkgapese
verb a method of pole fishing at night(on the seaward reef)
bookmarkgauna
verb invite
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgogo
adjective bent slightly (like a round-shoulderedperson)
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkhagabaagava
verb to threaten violence
bookmarkhagabaguu ange
move against something so fast that itappears to be coming at one
bookmarkhagabela
verb provide bela for
bookmarkhagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagadau doo
verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagadubu dinae
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagahaibodu
verb wedding; perform a wedding
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagao ngaohie
inexpensive
bookmarkhagasaagule
verb teach how to saagule
bookmarkhagatulu mai
ooze out
bookmarkhai dago
verb ritual observances
bookmarkhai duu
verb to carry a baby about
bookmarkhai hua laa
do indifferently
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhanu age
regain
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhua bugaliaa
hua modo
noun fisheggs (immature)
bookmarkhuaahenua
noun community
bookmarkhuligee
turn away from, turn inside out (of clothes)
bookmarkilihia ssave
the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarklaalaanui
adjective becoming big
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklavasi
noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)
bookmarklodo mao lalo
characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit
bookmarkmaamaalo
adjective becoming more and more maalo
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmada udua
noun the point of a promontory or peninsula (esp. if large)
bookmarkmaholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkme aha ai
what for
bookmarkme hagaahulu
prepared food
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkngavesi
noun box,coffin,crate
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
verb charlatan
bookmarkobe
eye of thtaro corn
bookmarkohu
verb a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarkpee
adjective pass wind (flatus)
bookmarksabo
verb do slowly
bookmarksebu
adjective seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarksolo
verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)
bookmarktilo buna
noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)
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