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aausanga
noun way of leaving a wake
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkaha ai
what for
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkaude vaavaa
don’t talk about this to anyone
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkbeluu
noun lizard; gecko
bookmarkbou
noun mast (of a canoe)
bookmarkdaabeduge adu ange
take a lot of
bookmarkdaane hebagi
adjective soldier
bookmarkdagodo hai sala
fornication
bookmarkdaia
verb to daa completely (excepting meanings’make a sharp turn’, ’wash clothes’,’scoop up’, ’bail’)
bookmarkdalia
noun plantsp.
bookmarkdama ulungi
noun a man good at catching tuna with a fishing pole
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangau-paava
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdango
verb grab (in order to restrain, e.g., a person), fall upon
bookmarkdanuaa age
improved,better
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkde ahiahi danua
good evening
bookmarkde baasi gee
theopposing side
bookmarkde gai i mua
favorite food
bookmarkdee dau ia
it’s ok
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdiinei de manu
to kill off plants
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdoo i de ubu
too big in size (of clothes)
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
duuhuli
verb
a type of wave
gaalauanga
gabola
flatten out something mushy
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgaisaa
verb wasteful in preparing food,uneconomical
bookmarkgalaanga
verb to look for members of the opposite sex by walking around at night
bookmarkgano niho
gums of mouth
bookmarkgili dalo
hillock
bookmarkgili langi
verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)
bookmarkgolee bukaliaa
gumedi vai solo
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkhada
hagaahee
adjective when (near future)
bookmarkhagabasalia
verb convince someone completely
bookmarkhagadabu
verb restrict
bookmarkhagadili
verb produce offspring
bookmarkhagadubu o manu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagakona
verb become (or make) much worse
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai bao
verb divided into compartments
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhakii gee
<= kii gee>
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhedogi
noun the sound of tapping
bookmarkhonumia
verb filled with
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
lau de alelo
be unable to speak clearly, owing to a stuttering problem
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklou
verb a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick (breadfruit), pull down
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmagi dabeo
menstruation
bookmarkmahaa de usu
to have encountered unexpected misfortune
bookmarkmamu-honga-dai
noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmanu-daa-uga
noun <= goehau>
bookmarkmao lunga
adjective high,high-ranking
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme dili dai
any current which flows away from the atoll
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarknanua
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkodi ai loo
that’s the end that’s all
bookmarkohua
verb characterized by having ohu
bookmarksali ssaavale
verb salivate
bookmarkseaamonga
noun a unit of (twenty) coconuts for makinghuaahuu
bookmarkseni gi de ao
sleep late (into daytime)
bookmarksigidaumaha
verb collection (in church),offering(in church), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksileia doo soa
look, your neighbor is competing against you
bookmarksomo
noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarktamana o dogu bodu
noun father-in-law
bookmarktegi kano
tickled
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