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aausanga
noun way of leaving a wake
bookmarkabuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkaduhenua
noun group of islands or atolls; archipelago
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa ange naa
about that
bakau doo
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkbalu gauanga
adjective trembling of legs
bookmarkbasa gee
speak (or express oneself) strangely
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkboo gi dai
the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdama donu
noun a natural child
bookmarkdama gaiaa
adjective
to hangaround someone’s house in theexpectation of being served food
damaa hine
noun girl,young woman,daughter
bookmarkdangi talinga
adjective
tinnitus, a ringing sound in the ear
daohi i tua
learn by heart
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdauaa
verb wrinkled
bookmarkdaudu
noun fishsp.: spinypuffer
bookmarkdelaa tagodo
that there is the situation...
bookmarkdiinei de lodo
become calmer (after being angry)
bookmarkdilo
verb look at (inspect)
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdonu sala
adjective misunderstand
bookmarkdoonga
noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)
bookmarkduage
verb stand
bookmarkduai lalo vae
noun a type of coconut grater which is placed under the leg
bookmarkgaasia
noun coralsp.: (looks like a flower)
bookmarkgabaduu
verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current
bookmarkgabea
verb (in angling) the failure of a bait bundle to come untied and release the bait
bookmarkgahuduna
noun ridgepole cover
bookmarkgainanga
verb a person having special powers (occult powers, strength, status, or knowledge)
bookmarkgano dea
noun the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgili dalo
noun hillock
bookmarkgubo
verb work with concentration in the midstof a group
bookmarkgudua
verb abounding in lice
bookmarkhaanau ssene
adjective yield interest
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach
bookmarkhagaalahenua
verb provide land for
bookmarkhagabudu me
adjective selfish
bookmarkhagagaagaa
verb behave like a baby
bookmarkhagateve
verb bristle, ready for a fight (of animals)
bookmarkhagatugu tai
adjective ebbing of tide
bookmarkhhali
verb scoop up (of solids only)
bookmarkhhao
verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
rust
bookmarkigohinga
noun way of using igohi
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarkkave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarklaagau-doi
noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made
bookmarklaangai sahole
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting
bookmarklaso
the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklave
adjective be caught on, stuck on
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarklloba
adjective
fluttering rapidly (of a sail in the breeze);
lodo malangilangi
adjective happy
bookmarkma tua
besides
bookmarkmaanegabo
adjective energetic
bookmarkmadangi
verb wind,gas,flatus
bookmarkmahedu
adjective folded up,rolled up
bookmarkmanu vaaligi
noun insect (small)
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkme ssalu lau
a scraper for leaves
bookmarkmmogo
verb insist upon
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
momme hagassoe
noun court (of law)
bookmarkmusu
verb whispering
bookmarkodo
verb to roof (a house), to thatch (a house)
bookmarkolo
an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit
bookmarkpoo mai
a unit of measurement (from the end of the extended thumb to the other side of the clenched fist)
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
saba
verb be in a precarious position
bookmarksaganaa iho goe
watchout
bookmarksahole
noun fishsp.: mountainbass
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarkse agoo
adept at
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksobo
adjective rise up (as the sun), get up, jump up
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktagudai
noun coast, shoreline
bookmarktoo gili
wrinkled skin (from age)
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