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aabi
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkaabida
verb make a coil of dried pandanus leaves
bookmarkaalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkaamuli
noun descendants (in all inferior generations)
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkadu ange laa
the one following the one in question
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkaso
noun fish sp., white tip shark
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkbie
noun plant sp.: Polynesian arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides (l.) o.k.)
bookmarkbuliaamo
adjective sad
bookmarkbuuganga
noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdaiao age
the following morning
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdangada hagao me
storekeeper
bookmarkdau looloa
adjective to tie at the end of a long tether
bookmarkde hua nei
this size
bookmarkdemeenaa
that one where you are
bookmarkdoo tahulinga
adjective bad-mannered
bookmarkdugu gee
put aside, setaside; treat (a person) differently from others
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkduu baeao
noun piece of coconut husk
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkduudae baa
the dust produced by working pearl shell to make a hook
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkga-hudi
banana
bookmarkgau dagodo
noun the boom of a sail
bookmarkgauligi daane
male child, boy
bookmarkgavaligi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgobegobe
adjective cough (repeatedly)
bookmarkgoehau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)
bookmarkgohu de lodo
ignorant
bookmarkgoloa o de hine
female genitalia
bookmarkgolomagi lodo
adjective self-controlled
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkguboa
verb being used in connection with group activity
bookmarkhaahadi
verb
hadugolaa
any stone of volcanic origin [imported from volcanic islands].
bookmarkhagaaduadu
verb say bad things about people
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb have purposely and habitually remainedup until daybreak
bookmarkhagabaasi
verb do toward one side
bookmarkhagahedae
verb make equal; go to meet
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagaida
verb to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasula tangada
adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position
bookmarkhagi me
verb pick coconuts
bookmarkhai
verb do
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhausanga
noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole
bookmarkhhuge
verb open (something),uncover
bookmarkholadage
adjective laid out or spreadout all over
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkkaba
adjective do prematurely
bookmarklengisi
noun insectsp.: moth spp.
bookmarklodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarklolo manu de boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklou
verb a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick (breadfruit), pull down
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmagaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmalanga
adjective
lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from
malili
noun fish sp.: goatfish
bookmarkmalogu
verb <= ngalogu>
bookmarkmassagaila
verb incompletely cooked
bookmarkme hhadu hugadoo
it’s a lie
bookmarkme naa gi...
I wish that...
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)
bookmarkmoloa
verb knotted (of hair)
bookmarkmoni dui
a canoe rigged for casting for tuna
bookmarkmuimuia
verb be muimui
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarkngadi hanonga
noun a useless journey
bookmarkngae
mollusk
bookmarkngalo
verb forget
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarknnoa nounu
verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it
bookmarknoogele
verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie
bookmarkoga
verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick
bookmarkolo
noun an area in which sand has accumulated;beach, sandspit
bookmarkse aha au naa
you are wrong that’s not righti don’t agree
bookmarksuugulu
verb learn
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