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abasasa
noun European
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkaha bagua
noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)
bookmarkanga gi lodo
adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbii o madahasi
a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night
bookmarkbodu
noun spouse
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbulada
noun banana tree fibers (for making cloth)
bookmarkbuliaamo
adjective sad
bookmarkbuni ange lodo
paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack
bookmarkbunua
noun a young bird (of any sp. suitable for being raised as a pet)
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdaa hagalele
verb unscheduled,unplanned
bookmarkdaabeduge adu ange
take a lot of
bookmarkdabaduu
noun fishsp.: (a small suulee or a var. ofsuulee)
bookmarkdahuli de lodo
change of heart, change one’s mind, repent
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdenaa ai huu
that is it then
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdili
verb shoot at; shine (e.g., a flashlight) on; letgo, throwaway, lose something; disregard; steady beating (as of a heart); a steady stroke (as of an adze)
bookmarkdogo
verb to punt (propel a canoe by poling); puntpole
bookmarkdogoisi loo huu
very few
bookmarkdohu
adjective sufficient, enough; able to cover agiven area
bookmarkduguagi
verb be suspicious of (someone)
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkgahao
noun plantsp.: treesp.: ochrosiatree(ochrosia oppositifolia (lam.) k. sch.)
bookmarkgai nnao
adjective eat messily
bookmarkgalogalo
adjective look around (with one’s eyes only)
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgogono
adjective moan
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkguduaanga
noun abounding in lice
bookmarkhaangodalia
verb a suitable (place) for fishing
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabigobigo
verb wiggle
bookmarkhagadagodo gee ina
change
bookmarkhagadauaadea
verb to clear out a place
bookmarkhagadige de madaangudu
a prolonged conversation (on subjects of little importance)
bookmarkhagaduu me
adjective miserly
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagamaamaaiongi
adjective continually hagamaaiongi
bookmarkhagamalibi
verb rush,speed up
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagapigi ange
stick1 against (something), go with someone
bookmarkhagasaalunga de langi
a member of the christian endeavor society
bookmarkhagaseenga
noun way of just being able to
bookmarkhagatangohi
verb the fading of light after sunset
bookmarkhai de hagamaanadu
remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)
bookmarkhai gainga
adjective make an area messy by throwing trasharound
bookmarkhai me mudumudu
a habitually mudumudu
bookmarkhai ngaohie
adjective easy
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhedaadoi
adjective collide
bookmarkhoe
noun a canoepaddle
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhoosenga ange
embarrassed by
bookmarkhuaadangada
noun persons of a certain class or type
bookmarkhulidonu
adjective rightsideout (clothes)
bookmarkiganibongi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkina-gi-hale
a row of thatch
bookmarkkaba
adjective do prematurely
bookmarklabaai
verb the confluence, on the reef, of a big wave and the backwash
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective happy
bookmarklugu
verb take or obtain something by force
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmadaa hadu
noun grater (metal) attached to a board forgrating taro
bookmarkmadamataia
verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia
bookmarkmaholaholadage
adjective being holadage in several places
bookmarkmalo gulu
barkcloth, made from the inner skin of the breadfruit
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmateedea
verb pustular
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkmoaga
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmoni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmoni sulu
noun submarine
bookmarknabe
to look under the waistband or belt
bookmarkngadi diinonga
pagan gods, idols
bookmarkngae
noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.
bookmarkpili
adjective be bored
bookmarkse aha au naa
you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarksengaa
numeral tens of millions
bookmarksomo dae
fully mature coconut apple
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