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adudau
noun sandspit
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkaoao
verb becoming daylight
bookmarkbaasi masui
adjective left side, left-handed
bookmarkbangi
noun a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit
bookmarkbouli gee
an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)
bookmarkbugaliaa
bunaa hoe
noun an eddy left by a paddle stroke
bookmarkdaane gasia
noun a person who is useful to others
bookmarkdaane sauaa
noun a person of extraordinary ability; shark (euphemism)
bookmarkdabaduu
noun fishsp.: (a small suulee or a var. ofsuulee)
bookmarkdae de lodo
be satisfied completely
bookmarkdaga holiage
verb surrounding area; tocut or make a ring around
bookmarkdagalonga
noun path, route
bookmarkdalabaimanugadele
adjective sharp (as a knife)
bookmarkdama daane
noun sons
bookmarkdangada henua gee
noun foreigners, strangers
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdau lango
verb
the season during which flies are most numerous
daula gage
noun a rope used to assist the climber of a breadfruit tree
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdenei donu
this is it for sure
bookmarkdongi
verb a spot (e.g., on the skin); point at; peck at; a method of fishing for flying fish in which torches are extinguished on alternate legs of the canoe track
bookmarkdugu de gubenga
set a gubenga net
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of a canoe mast
bookmarkduulanga
noun the sector from which the wind blows
bookmarkduunanga
noun that which has been cooked
bookmarkeu sege
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgabi
verb hold something between two (or more)other things; grab (between other things, e.g., fingers)
bookmarkgalavalava
noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgauligi hahine
noun female child,girl
bookmarkgini
verb pick with one’s fingers; to pinch off, or pinch and pull at the same time
bookmarkgogoo
adjective
goloa abasasa
noun european goods or tools
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkgulunieli
noun plantsp.
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagabulubulu ange
make do with
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hagadalea
verb
make someone tired
hagadiinonga
verb treat as having supernatural power
bookmarkhagadubu gi se --
verb transfigure into a --
bookmarkhagadubu o de moe
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadugu lalo
adjective self-deprecatory,downgrade
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagaduu me
miserly
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
adjective make boxes
bookmarkhagaloa
verb groove; a path (lengthwise) in the taro bog
bookmarkhagalodo
verb to stimulate a desire for
bookmarkhagalongaa
adjective <= hagalongoaa>
bookmarkhagammuni
verb hide (something) from
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagasemuna
verb make a total of one hundred million
bookmarkhagasiva (ina)
verb make a total of nine
bookmarkhai modo
verb eat (or pick) when still unripe
bookmarkhedogi
verb the sound of tapping
bookmarkhina
noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness
bookmarkkolu de henua
pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)
bookmarklaamasee
noun a divination result indicating good fortune
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmaadau gina
noun a type of fishhook (for gina fishing)
bookmarkmaalava
the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmadalua maa ono
number twenty six
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmade sala
adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another
bookmarkmadumadua
magi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmago de henua
noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)
bookmarkmaile
noun plantsp.: maile-scentedfern(polypodium scolopendria burm. f.)
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkme osi
noun a coconuttree seedling
bookmarkmoele
a lie
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moni sulu
noun submarine
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkpono
verb to close
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksavini dua
adjective run backwards, move backwards fast
bookmarkse hagabau
do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean
bookmarkseni iho
adjective take a nap, stay overnight (away fromhome)
bookmarksinsia
tabuvae
noun toe
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktugi lima
noun elbow
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