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adaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkalaa ange maalie
those there are exactly right
bookmarkanaa maa
those were about (approximately)
bookmarkanei ange maalie
these are exactly right
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdaelodo dau
noun a large enough number to "count"
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdao
noun a spear, branch of (part of)
bookmarkdao bagu
verb dry out (fish or food to preserve it)
bookmarkdatanu
noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)
bookmarkdenei naa loo
this seems to be
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
bookmarkdumugamuga
noun butt
bookmarkga-hudi
banana
bookmarkgabaduu
verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngauda
noun fishsp.: rudderfish
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgenu
verb a movement of the hips, as in the act of sexual intercourse
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkgidee (laa) goe
see what i mean
bookmarkgidigidi
verb short
bookmarkgoloa hagadaahao
noun recreational equipment
bookmarkgubu dolo
noun a joint of the sugarcane
bookmarkhaangoda de agau
noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhadi bodo
adjective breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhadu de gaanunu
noun nipple of breast
bookmarkhaele sala
spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagahaahine
adjective treat as women
bookmarkhagahidu (ina)
verb the name of a person in a traditional story
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagannamu age
eat a little of
bookmarkhale neveneve
noun spiderweb
bookmarkhenga
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkhhaa
verb blossom forth
bookmarkhhou
verb insist upon
bookmarkhhuge
verb open (something),uncover
bookmarkhoa
noun side (of humans), below the hips
bookmarkhulo gee
go away
huluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkiganibongi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkilihia tinae
adjective a stomach distended by gas
bookmarkise ngaio
noun needlefish
bookmarkkangi baasi lua
adjective double-edged
bookmarklaangai buusagi
noun a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklabaai
verb the confluence, on the reef, of a big wave and the backwash
bookmarklava sili
adjective good enough; stop
bookmarklodo gaiaa
adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarklongo
adjective hear, feel; news
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkma te duge
noun the point of a madaa duge
bookmarkmaalava
the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmadumadua
mahedua
noun sneeze
bookmarkmalanga
adjective
lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from
mangoo-senga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmoe dige
adjective to roll away from one’s bedding while sleeping (on the floor)
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarkmuga
verb used (or done, heard, or known) over and over until bored with
bookmarkmuli mai loo
much later
bookmarkngadolo
adjective a landslide or similar movement of things
bookmarkngali
grind
bookmarknganangana
adjective loud (noise) repeatedly
bookmarknngana
adjective loud (noise)
bookmarknngao
verb loud (sound)
bookmarkolonoa
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkovea
verb disheveled (as the chicken feathers on a much-used trolling lure)
bookmarkpulu
verb to be dry and smooth; satiated; be able to withstand
bookmarksigi de hagahala
a technique of finishing a mat edge
bookmarkssogo
grated raw taro which has dried out
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unumanga
drinking party
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