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aau
verb remove
bookmarkadamai gauligi
verb remember childhood experiences
bookmarkalaa ai huu
those there only then
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkanaa ange
and these (there)
bookmarkboolaa
adjective a type of sound, indicating surprise
bookmarkdaa hagapodo
verb
daasugi
verb struggle to get free; jerking of the tail
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdagadagasala
verb be always blamed for
bookmarkdagi ala
adjective go around aimlessly
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activites, religious activities
bookmarkdangau-daa-sissisi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdaonga
noun feast
bookmarkdau i tua
memorize
bookmarkdau malino
verb an area of the sea which is dead calm
bookmarkdavaia
noun the largest sort of tuna
bookmarkdegi
adjective kind, generous, forgiving
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdoga de manu
nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu
bookmarkdotodo
verb bloody (of a person)
bookmarkdua pada
adjective to plait with thick strands
bookmarkduba
noun land crab sp. (small)
bookmarkduudangaa solo
noun a package of solo (food) wrapped in coconut leaves and heated; flashlightbattery
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgaavadu
verb give
bookmarkgabigabia
verb repeatedly grubbing
bookmarkgamu
verb coral (any kind)
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgii age
cry out softly
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgu oo ina mai
shout to announce important news (e.g., to announce the arrival of a ship)
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhadu lunga
noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)
bookmarkhadu solo bulaga
a taro grater made from a certain type of coral
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaahe mai
adjective return to the fold
bookmarkhagahi
verb call (someone) once
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagassahu
verb to try one’s best to do something bad or harmful
bookmarkhagatili
verb swoop down, swoop across
bookmarkhai sumu
verb having a diamond-shaped decoration or form, etc.
bookmarkhalihalibaa
noun fishsp.: flatfish
bookmarkhano gee
go away
hhui mai tai
flow of the tide
bookmarkhina
noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness
bookmarkholiagi
verb
honu ssele
noun turtle of a size suitable for eating(not quite as big as honu tolo)
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarkhulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkimu-mea
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkkini
verb pick at one time,pinch at one time
bookmarklaso
noun the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkmadaa ua
noun drop (of liquid or rain)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa hidu
number seventeen
bookmarkmadohi boo
adjective midnight
bookmarkmalau
adjective free from (esp. hardship or illnessafter having had it)
bookmarkmalo maadolu
noun heavy clothing
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmanava bodo
adjective shortness of breath
bookmarkmangoo-senga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
mao denga ssave
a scarcity of ssave
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmau
adjective to finish defecating
bookmarkme tao
dye
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngaio
needlefish
bookmarknnoo hagamau me
insatiably acquisitive
bookmarkobe
noun eye of the taro corm
bookmarkoho boo
adjective to oho while still dark
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarkpaa i tua tinae
have an empty stomach
bookmarkpaa iho
explode from above
bookmarksahudu
noun fishsp.: seabass
bookmarksao gainga
adjective sweep or cleanup trash
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksaulolua
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarkse aha goe
you’re a nobody
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
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