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aboo nei
tonight (future)
bookmarkadu
alasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkanga-mea
noun fish sp. (= large dada)
bookmarkbaabaa luu lima
clap hands
bookmarkbei
adjective be like, be the same as
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdao hagamaadau
noun a spear with a barb
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdee ngado mai
forever,eternally
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdinae o ssaiolo
<= dinae o de laa>
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkga aha
and then did what
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgalohia
verb attractive to members of the opposite sex
bookmarkgamugamu
verb coralsp.
bookmarkgauasa
noun the pectoral fin of a fish and the surrounding flesh
bookmarkgave hua podo
sprint (footrace of short distance)
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgili maalama
verb light-skinned
bookmarkgobagoba
verb bushy (of hair)
bookmarkgu hia
how many was it
bookmarkguanga
noun a type of basket
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkgubu dao
noun a join of the spear shaft which is made of two pieces of wood
bookmarkgubu vae
foot, ankle
bookmarkhaangoda de boo
a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaava
verb make a channel
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagadau tugi
adjective punch each other
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagalleo
verb to produce many sounds
bookmarkhagallongo de lau nui
to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves
bookmarkhagauda de hau
put on a hau
bookmarkhagi ade
adjective insult (someone)
bookmarkhai mainu
verb collect bait
bookmarkhai soa
friendship
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkhellumi de henua
mass confusion or panic
bookmarkhenuu
verb a method of plaiting
bookmarkkii ange
increase
bookmarklaangi hagadaahao
noun fieldday
bookmarklabu manu
adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)
bookmarklaho
noun aerial root of the pandanus tree
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklau iho laa
those of small size
bookmarklodolodo
adjective to be desirous continually
bookmarklongoaa
adjective <= longaa>
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarkmaanetonu
adjective act cautiously
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmadaala
adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa haa
number fourteen
bookmarkmago
adjective bad weather (high wind or rain, or rough seas)
bookmarkmalino
adjective calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkme holu
noun bow
bookmarkmoe danuaa
die in piece
bookmarkmougu
noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.
bookmarkmusu
verb whisper(ing)
bookmarkngahui
noun
tens of coconuts
ngalue ange
increase
bookmarkoho age
the following morning
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarksigi
verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
bookmarksio
waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarkssuanga
stained in one place
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity.
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