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abasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkadudau
noun sandspit
bookmarkaha dea
noun driftwood sp. (white in the center)
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkbadabaataianga
noun
bangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkdaalo
verb stab,skewer
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdaavalo
adjective make a great deal of noise (vocal)
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdae de ua
have a good time
bookmarkdagahi
verb step on, kick with one’s heel
bookmarkdagi
verb lead, show the way, leader (of a group); extend to
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdalia-dodo
noun mollusksp.: chlamys schmeltzi
bookmarkdamaa hine
noun girl,young woman,daughter
bookmarkdangada gai dangada
cannibal
bookmarkdangi a beini
to have smelled ripe pandanus
bookmarkdangi talinga
adjective
tinnitus, a ringing sound in the ear
degidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdenga meenaa
those ones (plural)
bookmarkduu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarkduu taelodo
obtain one’s quota
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgadaha
noun birdsp.: greatfrigatebird(fregata minor)
bookmarkgali
verb wound around; tied or fastenedtightly
bookmarkgohu de lodo
ignorant
bookmarkgoloa hagadaahao
noun recreational equipment
bookmarkgubo
verb work with concentration in the midstof a group
bookmarkhagabahhaa
verb to exhale suddenly; making exhalation noises
bookmarkhagadau vaasuu
adjective be attracted to or like each other(of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrepectful way
bookmarkhagamoolau
verb hurry, rush
bookmarkhagapigi ange
stick1 against (something), go with someone
bookmarkhagatugu
verb crouch down
bookmarkhagauu
verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)
bookmarkhai dago
verb ritual observances
bookmarkhai dahi heohi
maintain one’s position in an argument(against contrary positions)
bookmarkhai samu
verb to gossip
bookmarkhakoloa
verb provide goloa for; support(someone, with material things)
bookmarkhale gai
noun restaurant
bookmarkhano gi oona
very,exceedingly
bookmarkhhoda
gasp for breath
bookmarkhhuda
adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkhonu baabaa
fill to the brim
bookmarkhuaahuu
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkigauli-sissisi
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkkosi-honga-agau
noun mollusksp.: trachycardium orbita
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklagi
noun pertaining to the open sea
bookmarklale
noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklau makaga
verb stiff
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarkloua ama
verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmae
adjective
withered;
maeva
adjective move from one place to another
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmao lalo
adjective deep,low (in status)
bookmarkmao lunga
high, high-ranking
bookmarkmasavaa
noun time
bookmarkme abo donu
real, true
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmoahulu
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmoana magalili
a cold underwater current
bookmarkmodomodo
moni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkmouli
adjective living, alive; life; life-style; that on which life seems to depend (e.g., favorite food or activity); life-principle (spirit, soul, etc.)
bookmarkmouli dangada
noun delinquent person (periodically exhibiting bad behavior)
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkmuu
noun fishsp.: snapper (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarknngaoa
verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarkodaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkoso
verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)
bookmarksaabai moni doo
carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)
bookmarksamu
verb gossip,slander
bookmarksauduu
mermaid
bookmarksoa hagaaloha
noun a good friend
bookmarktee langi
noun sky
bookmarkulu-davage
Indian coral tree
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