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aagonga i lalo
noun social class of those who know magic
bookmarkaahee laa
which were those
bookmarkaboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkaligi
adjective priest (of a cult)
bookmarkalohi lima
noun palm (of hand)
bookmarkaude haia
no kidding
bookmarkbaalasi ange
compete hard against (as in team sports)
bookmarkbabu daaea
noun fish sp., snapper
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdahido mada
noun inner corner of the eye
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdeai loo me
i doubt it
bookmarkdelaa ai laa
that there was it
bookmarkdelaa huu
that was it just as before
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkdoga
adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)
bookmarkdogai
noun
transverse tiebeam
doi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkdoo i de ubu
too big in size (of clothes)
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduunanga
noun that which has been cooked
bookmarke galemu
it’s alright
bookmarke hanu ana dama
have children
bookmarkgai ngole
verb wasteful,improvident
bookmarkgaleve
alcoholic beverage made from the coconut palm
bookmarkgalo
adjective look at, stare
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgea
hawksbill turtle
bookmarkgiigii
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish (= small malaugulu
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgoloa haangdoa
noun fishing gear
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gumedi hadu
noun
a bowl (pottery)
haangoda de boo
a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)
bookmarkhagaboongia
verb remain somewhere until dark
bookmarkhagadaahao ai
do something as though it were a game
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagaduu me
adjective miserly
bookmarkhagaduulanga
noun method of construction; appearance (e.g., of a ship, house, or other construction)
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagaobe
verb cause to have obe
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasaalunga ange
call (someone) by the name of his name-group
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhai daahili
verb to compose songs
bookmarkhai daahili
adjective to compose songs
bookmarkhale langadala
noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)
bookmarkhhuu
adjective chuckle
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkinaho
noun a school consisting of a certain reef fish sp. (laumele)
bookmarklaangaa
verb to plait completely
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklabu manu
adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)
bookmarklagolagohia
verb wounded in several places or all over
bookmarklahu me
adjective inclined to be suspicious
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklangi haanau
noun
a certain kind of rain
langi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklaulau a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklongohie
adjective big around, fat
bookmarkmada dotodo
verb an abrasion of the skin (red but not bleeding)
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmadaali
adjective lacking in oil (of a ripe coconut)
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmalala
noun ashes
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanga lua tae
noun cleft in the buttocks
bookmarkme ssongo aha
useless thing
bookmarkmounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkngavesi
box, coffin, crate
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarkosia
verb taken for planting
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarksigidaumaha
verb collection (in church),offering(in church), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksolo
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
bookmarksugulu
noun school
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