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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkaahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkabo
adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable
bookmarkabo donu
agiagi
noun bird sp., fairy tern (Gygis alba)
bookmarkago
verb learn, teach
bookmarkaha dea
noun driftwood sp. (white in the center)
bookmarkanaboo nei
tonight (past)
bookmarkava
noun fish sp. (= large tonu, also = large hagaodalolo)
bookmarkbaalasi mai (adu)
shine a flashlight toward me (you)
bookmarkbagekege
verb move jerkily (as when stumbling)
bookmarkbasa soe
adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)
bookmarkbasalia
verb seep (of water)
bookmarkboo gi dai
the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset
bookmarkbupubu
adjective make a lot of noise (not vocal)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdaelodo dau
noun a large enough number to "count"
bookmarkdai hieunu
adjective thirsty
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine (extending from a fish, etc.)
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdane
verb a fungus infection of the skin (consisting of superficial white spots)
bookmarkdau duadae
be a sucker, be fooled easily
bookmarkdaubasa
a great many
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdoo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkdumulu
noun july
bookmarkduumaa
unclassified remainder (less than the preceding number); about, approximately
bookmarkgaadinga osi
a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgada-moana
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgai lima dahi
to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkgalegale
verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)
bookmarkgoo
noun taro spade
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaamuli
verb treat as junior
bookmarkhagaaoaoa
verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)
bookmarkhagadahi
verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagakolili
verb to use the word kolili
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagammae lodo
verb insult (someone)
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhai dagelo
adjective deep-bottomed
bookmarkhai saulaba
adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law
bookmarkhano muhuu loo
let’s see...
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhhola mai saiolo
to allow the sail to fill with wind, holding on to the boom sheet (after luffing)
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkholia
verb to form (something); make (something)according to some model or plan
bookmarkhua-laagau
noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)
bookmarkiho daahagi
adjective
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears
kau donu
adjective usedto, easy to
bookmarklodo bale
noun helpful (sort of person)
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective contented,happy
bookmarklongaa
adjective annoyed by noise
bookmarklongohie
adjective big around, fat
bookmarklou
verb a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick (breadfruit), pull down
bookmarkmada-galisi
the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmamu de lagi
noun the fish which live beyond the outer reef
bookmarkmanugia
adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkmuna abo donu
truth
bookmarknehu
verb clear (in focus)
bookmarkneve
verb blurred (out of focus)
bookmarkngavesi
box, coffin, crate
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksalani ange
just a little salani
bookmarksalua
verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed
bookmarkseni tao
sleep soundly
bookmarkseni tao
adjective sleep soundly
bookmarksiba
noun fishsp. (small flying fish)
bookmarksiba
verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarkssunu
suck, smoke (cigarettes)
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