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aausa
verb wake (of a ship)
bookmarkago
verb learn, teach
bookmarkaha goi delaa
what was I going to say
bookmarkaha naa
let’s (later)
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
anengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkau e dee gai naa loo
I’ll bet you can’t
bookmarkbaba
noun fish sp., squirrelfish
bookmarkbadotodi
verb move jerkily
bookmarkbaluu
noun coconut crab
Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org
bookmarkbauanga
noun worth, value
bookmarkdalaa ubu
noun charcoal from the coconut shell
bookmarkdangaligi
noun a type of basket
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
datada
verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
bookmarkdaumaha daahili
noun song service (in church)
bookmarkday
laangi
bookmarkdenaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdiimolalaaidu
noun the tenth child of a couple
bookmarkdiinonga-o-salo
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdino boo
noun nights (2) when the full moon appears just after sunset
bookmarkdotodi
adjective limping (as an action)
bookmarkduaa dai
verb seasick but unable to throw up
bookmarkduu nui
adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope
bookmarkduu saba
unstable, poorly balanced
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
duulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkgaba aasanga
noun the sides of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgadebega
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
bookmarkgaimalie
adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)
bookmarkgalani
adjective
almost finished, nearly finished;
galasi
gamai
adjective
bring to me, carry to me
gauligi hahine
noun female child,girl
bookmarkgiebu
noun plantsp.: spiderlily(hymenocallis littoralis (jacq.) salisb.)
bookmarkgiidagi
verb relish (meat or fish, or something substituting for meat or fish, eaten with taro, etc.)
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagaboo
adjective greet; take leave of
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard or fast as possible
bookmarkhagapigi saele
adjective go around with someone constantly
bookmarkhagi ade
adjective insult (someone)
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhai daina
adjective the relationship between siblings or cousins
bookmarkhai de hagamaanadu
remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)
bookmarkhai me dogaa
behave with embarrassment or shyness
bookmarkhaitoga
noun an opening for a door or window
bookmarkhakolona
noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)
bookmarkhale i lodo
noun ribcage, thoraciccavity
bookmarkhale lau
noun thatch-roofed house (of pandanus leafthatch)
bookmarkhano laa
previous
bookmarkhidu-malama
time noun july (’seventh month’)
bookmarkiho
adjective
get down, climb down; down
ise
noun fishsp.: halfbeak
bookmarkkai, dalanga
story
bookmarklaa ange
and those there
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklodo a gauligi
adjective immature (in personality); vulnerable to having one’s feelings easily hurt
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarklodo lanea
adjective large in volume
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklongohio
verb feel
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmada mmea
dark red
bookmarkmahana age
heartburn <>
bookmarkmai ange laa
the next (one) following the one in question
bookmarkmanu ea
noun coralhead (at or broaching the surface of the water)
bookmarkme hagasili
a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)
bookmarkme pasa
noun radio
bookmarkme tao
noun dye
bookmarkngadi basa
small talk; idle conversation
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarknoho ai
occupy or live in (a place)
bookmarknounu
oha de ganomada
to work on a craft item (e.g., a canoe) with a model in mind of the finished product which is different from that of the person who began the work
bookmarkpono
verb to close
bookmarksahudu
noun fishsp.: seabass
bookmarksali
verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)
bookmarksaulolua
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarksege gee
slip or slide away from
bookmarksiili
a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarkssomo
suck one’s finger
bookmarktamana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandfather
bookmarktino
noun piece; share
bookmarkuaua vaaligi
noun capillary
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