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abi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkanaa donu
those only
bookmarkanei ai huu
these only then
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbane
noun the flat top of the shark’s snout
bookmarkbaunga
noun worth, value
bookmarkboaa ina
adjective be caught in strong wind or heavy rain
bookmarkbua leu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkdada soosoa
adjective to put soosoa on the canoe
bookmarkdaemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdagodoanga
noun expose oneself to the sun
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdauaa
verb wrinkled
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
doo ngaiho
adjective the blowing of the wind from the north
bookmarkdulagi ange
look like
bookmarke aha goe
how about
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgabe
gouge out
bookmarkgai baalau
verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)
bookmarkgai moumou
wasteful of food
bookmarkgano dea
noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgapua
verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)
bookmarkgasigi
noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)
bookmarkgauligi mai ange
the one next younger still
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkgu odi mai ogu
i have done all i could
bookmarkhagaaloalo-uli
verb cause to become dark (of fully maturecoconut meat)
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadahi
verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases
bookmarkhagagainga
verb litter up
bookmarkhagaleo
verb to produce sound
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamuliagi
verb cause to be last
bookmarkhagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhai maa
adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse
bookmarkhakauanga
noun a handle of something
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhale dabeo
noun menstrualhut
bookmarkhanu me
adjective a secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkheboohagi mai
found fighting
bookmarkhidu-limu
time noun the seventh number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhobulaa
adjective a sound uttered esp. when liftingsomething
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhonu tai
adjective high tide
bookmarkhuaadangada
noun persons of a certain class or type
bookmarkhulo
verb
go
itebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkkii
adjective win,overcome
bookmarklaagii baubau
noun hideous in appearance (as a ghost)
bookmarklangaa lodo
adjective a sudden access of emotion
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarkloage
adjective
go (up or toward the village, or land)
lugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkma te duge
noun the point of a madaa duge
bookmarkmaangalo
sweet
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmadaa gamu
noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai
bookmarkmadaala
adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmaga tau hoe
to paddle (a canoe) vigorously
bookmarkmaido
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmalo haahine
noun dress
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmau me
adjective successful in obtaining what one wants(things)
bookmarkmodimodi
adjective walk stealthily in a crouch
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkngae
noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.
bookmarkngaoloa
verb noisy (irregular repeated sounds)
bookmarkoga
to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick
bookmarkomaadeu
pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksaavale
noun spit, saliva
bookmarksali
adjective flow, seep
bookmarksao de lahalaha
adjective more wide than long
bookmarksii tae
diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksunu
an oil slick on the water’s surface
bookmarktaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)
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