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angi
verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)
bookmarkbaageaa iho
adjective weakening (becoming weaker)
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
baoa
verb wash up on shore
bookmarkbasa hagamao lalo
speak humbly
bookmarkbogobogo
verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdaakodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
dahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdala
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdama de bialodo
noun
deformed foetus
dangada agoago
adjective teacher,preacher
bookmarkdangada madua
adjective old person,adult
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdaubeemala
verb a method of braiding flower headdressesor necklaces made from manu-mala
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdelaa ai laa
that there was it
bookmarkdiba iho
adjective to tip down; go away from the atoll
bookmarkdohu de gili
covered all over (skin) with
bookmarkdoopeva
verb trick, prank
bookmarkduuaa
verb to be in trouble
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)
bookmarkgabe
verb gouge out
bookmarkgalavalava
noun the grains in the trunk wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgamai
adjective
bring to me, carry to me
ganae
mullet
bookmarkgapua
verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)
bookmarkgauasa
noun the pectoral fin of a fish and the surrounding flesh
bookmarkgohu de me
become dark (with no natural light)
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkgubu
noun joint (of the hand or foot); verse (of a song)
bookmarkgubu lima
noun hand,wrist
bookmarkhadi bodo
noun breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhadu mada
noun eyeball
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate Europeans
bookmarkhagaahi
verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething
bookmarkhagadanu
verb sink below the horizon, burrow into the sand
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high inwater (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagagalugalua
verb cause to have more and more galu
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhanga benu
adjective to extract pandanus seeds by splitting the fruit
bookmarkhhogi
adjective a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle
bookmarkholau
canoe house
bookmarkhonga de mouli
during the lifetime of
bookmarkieiangi
adjective recovered from illness
bookmarkiholia
verb useful for climbing down
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship)
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkio dua
noun the upper io
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkona
adjective very, too much
bookmarklangaa lodo
adjective a sudden access of emotion
bookmarklaso
the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklau me
noun adjacent (of taro plots only)
bookmarklili mahangahanga
adjective mad as the devil
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkmada giivia
verb dim light
bookmarkmadalua maa siva
number twenty nine
bookmarkmagau de lima
a paralyzed arm
bookmarkmagi dabeo
menstruation
bookmarkmahangahanga
adjective cracked in many places
bookmarkmalo diadia
noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole
bookmarkmasana
verb good (quality)
bookmarkmmano
adjective thousands
bookmarkmmanu
verb do (something)
bookmarkmule
adjective slow; late
bookmarkmuli mai loo
much later
bookmarkngadi duu
naked
bookmarkngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkniho gai
noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)
bookmarkolo
an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit
bookmarkpoo ange
touch (someone or something with the hand)
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksali
verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)
bookmarksangatai
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarksau makaga de madangi
the blowing of wind steadily (for a long time) from one direction
bookmarksemuna
numeral hundreds of millions
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarksomo
adjective grow, develop; coconutapple
bookmarktangada dee doo gi de me
uncouth person
bookmarktangada mange
now you’ve done it!
bookmarkuadanga
an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship
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