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aaunga
noun the incompletely burned earth oven fuel remaining when the oven is uncovered
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkade
noun liver
bookmarkaoa
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: banyan tree (Ficus prolixa Forst.)
bookmarkatangada
noun generation, age set
bookmarkbaalasi ngago
adjective incubation of eggs (by a hen)
bookmarkbadodi
verb to jerk to a stop (as at the end of a tether); stumble, trip (fall)
bookmarkbagua
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: pandan tree (pandanus dubius Spreng.)
bookmarkbeluu
noun lizard; gecko
bookmarkbigi
adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)
bookmarkbigibigi
adjective more-or-less close to
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbuliaamou
adjective long for, homesick
bookmarkbuu-kangi-de-muli
noun mollusk sp.: cymatiidae spp., also bursa bubo
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
dahido mada
noun inner corner of the eye
bookmarkdalaehala
verb pricked
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdau honu
noun the season during which tides are highest
bookmarkdegi
verb to jerk; get something quickly
bookmarkdelaa ai huu
that was it (as before)
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share (of something); part (of something); fraction (in arithmetic)
bookmarkdili gaiaa
verb sneak a look
bookmarkdogi
noun adze; a tapping movement
bookmarkdoloa
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkduiagi
verb fishing using a whole fish as bait
bookmarkduunanga
noun that which has been cooked
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgannui ngadaa
adjective a coconut which has less gannui than would be expected at its stage of maturity
bookmarkgano siga
noun strands (of cloth)
bookmarkgauligi mai ange
the one next younger still
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
gegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgenu
verb a movement of the hips, as in the act of sexual intercourse
bookmarkgili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhaaina dangada
adjective stare at people indiscreetly (esp.strangers)
bookmarkhaale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhadu lunga
noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)
bookmarkhadu solo bulaga
a taro grater made from a certain type of coral
bookmarkhagaduu me
miserly
bookmarkhagalongolongo ngadaa
adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagamou
verb include in a mou
bookmarkhagasaulaba
verb treat as saulaba
bookmarkhagatanu iho
verb take a nap
bookmarkhagatoo donu
verb promise, contract1 with; swear to the truth of
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhai galauna
adjective fish with the galauna net
bookmarkhai me hebagi
be on the point of fighting
bookmarkhainoo
verb
permitted,open to the public,secular
hangaabo
verb the fitting together of the two halves of something, so that it is closed
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencil urchin
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhhao
verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkilihia ssave
adjective the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarklaagei
noun
laulaunga
noun able to be hooked
bookmarklibi
verb do rapidly (esp. a repeated action done energetically)
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkmaava
yawn
bookmarkmada libia
verb a very sharp point
bookmarkmadaali
adjective lacking in oil (of a ripe coconut)
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmagi hanohano
adjective diarrhea
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkme tao
noun dye
bookmarkmogo
noun shoot from a sprouting coconut
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarkoaa
adjective a sound indicating disagreement ordispleasure; oh my gosh
bookmarkonodaa
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkpili
adjective be bored
bookmarkpili
adjective boring
bookmarkpilo
adjective stink
bookmarksaba
verb be in a precarious position
bookmarksagea gee
extremely sagea
bookmarkseedaa
noun october
bookmarksiili
a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksomo dae
noun fully mature coconutapple
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