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adu laa
after tomorrow, the one after the next one
bookmarkangiangi
verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan
bookmarkbaa ange
close to, near to
bookmarkbaagia
verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap
bookmarkbangadala
noun fish sp.: seabass
bookmarkbao
noun room, compartment
bookmarkbasabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkbula de ganomada
get mad
bookmarkbulubulu dangada
noun unimportant person
bookmarkbungaleu
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkbusi
noun cat
bookmarkbuu unga
noun an empty seashell; one of (a pair of) diving goggles
bookmarkbuusagi
verb an eddy caused by a current
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
daane dagidahi
noun a person having unique skills or traits of personality
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdaelodo gi lunga
a large number of
bookmarkdagoobala
verb fall on something and smash it
bookmarkdangadanga
adjective
loose (not tight)
dao bou
noun ridgepole support (end)
bookmarkdau (umu)
noun a cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdaula baalanga
noun cable,wire (heavy)
bookmarkdee savala
uninterested in; not enjoy
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdinoanga hulu
adjective a council (of ten) formerlyhaving broad legislative and judicialpowers on the atoll
bookmarkdoolonga
noun a track left by a crawling thing
bookmarkduadae
verb gullible, be a sucker
bookmarkdumulu
noun july
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkgaiaadia
verb stolen
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgau ivi
verb skinny
bookmarkgolee bukaliaa
haa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhadu mangeo
noun cushion starfish
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkhaele
verb bringup (children), discipline (children)
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaamuli
verb treat as junior
bookmarkhagabunidia
verb add up
bookmarkhagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagamaasei ange
make smaller (away from one)
bookmarkhagammene dua
verb go backwards (esp. a canoe)
bookmarkhagaola
verb save from
bookmarkhagapuuninga
noun a total of
bookmarkhagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhegabidi
verb packed closely together; crowdedtogether in a small place
bookmarkhooholo
verb
hulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkieiangi
adjective recovered from illness
bookmarklama
a dry coconut leaf
bookmarklaulau
lodo gapua
noun seaward part of a gapua
bookmarklunga age
up a little
bookmarkmaamaanu
remain stationary in the air (like a bird or a helicopter)
bookmarkmaangi
adjective soar or glide in the air
bookmarkmaatogo
verb discourage someone (verbally)
bookmarkmabu
adjective rested
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmada mmea
adjective dark red
bookmarkmadagauhala
noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area
bookmarkmanga
noun a branch, part of (something havingcoordinate parts)
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmanua
verb diseased
bookmarkme mmilo
noun current (in the sea)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
noun the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmodu gee
cut away from; separated from
bookmarkmomme vaivaia o ssaalenga
noun puddle
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muna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarkngadi biho
noun head
bookmarknohoa
verb occupied
bookmarkpaa i tua tinae
have an empty stomach
bookmarkpono age de manava
be unable to breathe
bookmarksalani ange
just a little salani
bookmarksaunga
adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksolasola
not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
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