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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkaamuli
noun descendants (in all inferior generations)
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkalaa ai loo
those there then are
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkalo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkanga-mea
noun fish sp. (= large dada)
bookmarkbe goai (naa huu)
whoever
bookmarkbona
noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdagahi
verb step on, kick with one’s heel
bookmarkdahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdalangasau
verb be quick-witted in an emergency
bookmarkdamaa dae
adjective skillful at catching flying fish
bookmarkdau me
verb the sheath of the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkdaunadi
unclassified would it be better if (implyingdisagreement)...
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdenga hhuge --
upward current
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
duge
noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu
bookmarkduu kolu
adjective stand bracing oneself
bookmarkduulanga
noun the sector from which the wind blows
bookmarkeligi
adjective
chief of the island ()
gai hagassii
verb eat messily (letting the food fall from one’s hands and mouth)
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgali ange
wound around or tied or fastened very tightly
bookmarkgalo saele
adjective look around (moving one’s body about)
bookmarkgamu
verb cut (something)
bookmarkganaudogo
noun
an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat
gano agau
noun reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgava-uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgelu-agau
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgoononga gee
to setarecord
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkgumedi vai solo
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkhaelu
verb var. of hailu
bookmarkhagabigo de ngago
fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkhagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadogo number
verb to join (to make up a group of a certain number)
bookmarkhagapili
adjective boring
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhai ange
do to; do for, fix; say to
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai gaavenga
verb restless (of a child)
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhano ai
attend (e.g., church services)
bookmarkheboheboohagi
adjective fight frequently
bookmarkhebuihagi
verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarkkii adu
get out
bookmarkkumi
verb to squeeze by grabbing
bookmarkkumi tangi
adjective to control one’s crying
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklalo ade
noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklanga de ivi
a method of repositioning the bones of the ribcage
bookmarklava i de goloa
having many goloa
bookmarklima dangada ina
a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer
bookmarklludu
verb take all (of something)
bookmarklodo a gauligi
adjective immature (in personality); vulnerable to having one’s feelings easily hurt
bookmarklua-baaua
time noun the second number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmami
noun papaya; papaya tree
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanigangi
adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkmmene
adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)
bookmarkngado
adjective come to the end or limit (of something)
bookmarkngani mai
ngani toward oneself; fit (of clothes)
bookmarkngaue mai
to reduce (in price, etc.)
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpoo
adjective grab or catch in a single act
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sao gainga
sweep or clean up trash
bookmarksausau
lion-fish
bookmarkseni tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarksilivaahea
wander about with no fixed abode
bookmarksobaga
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarksomo dae
noun fully mature coconutapple
bookmarkssahu
adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)
bookmarktamana o dogu bodu
noun father-in-law
bookmarkvaaligiligi
adjective small (for a vast plural noun; used with dengaa)
bookmark
vvede
to massage
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