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aagonga i lalo
noun social class of those who know magic
bookmarkaduhenua
noun group of islands or atolls; archipelago
bookmarkahe iho
diminish (in intensity)
bookmarkahi malo
noun a mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkamu
verb twirl fibers (with ina); fibers for the manufacture of rope or cloth, etc.
bookmarkava
adjective relief, be relieved
bookmarkbakau dahi de manu
not to go fishing when other groups are going
bookmarkbodu
noun spouse
bookmarkbolobolo a sogo
noun a type of basket
bookmarkbulubuludi
verb keep hugging
bookmarkbungadogi
adjective unskillful (at difficult activities)
bookmarkdaalo
verb stab,skewer
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
bookmarkdaia e tulidaa
urgency in micturation
bookmarkdala
adjective
tame
dala malo
adjective change clothes
bookmarkdangau-ngudu-aahua
noun
daohi taelodi
adjective keep a record of
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally stretched (of two or more ropes)
bookmarkdee hanga
adjective
don’t move away from the reef
denaa naa ()
that will be it. (will that be it)
bookmarkdilia ange
give fish to
bookmarkdulagi ange
look like
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarkgaadu
verb give (colloquial)
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngaadai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkgalo
verb stir
bookmarkgau dagodo
noun the boom of a sail
bookmarkgau laagau
noun the shaft of a spear
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoloa o de hine
female genitalia
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhagaalo-malie
verb cause to become alomalie
bookmarkhagaaoaonga
noun way of having purposely stayed up untildaybreak (once)
bookmarkhagadugu lalo
adjective self-deprecatory,downgrade
bookmarkhagahana
verb reheat or recook food (to preserve it for a longer time)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagamua
verb be first; get closer to
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasoe ange
aim at
bookmarkhagatolongia
verb slack off completely on (a rope)
bookmarkhai maa
relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai maa
adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai modo
verb eat (or pick) when still unripe
bookmarkhai sala
adjective mistake,error
bookmarkhala goobai
noun a wooden form used in making hats
bookmarkhanolia
verb suitable for a trip (e.g., a car, a road, etc.)
bookmarkhatuli
verb thunder
bookmarkheohi ange
suited to,fit (with),appropriate to
bookmarkhidi bido dane
slow-moving or slow-working person
bookmarkholi
shape of, form of
bookmarkhuuhuna
adjective
hide
igauli
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
bookmarkilosia
verb wormy or maggoty (of something decayed)
bookmarkimu-uli
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkkano maalama
noun a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarkkosi-honga-agau
noun mollusksp.: trachycardium orbita
bookmarklaanganga
noun way of plaiting
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)
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarkluu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkmagulu
adjective defeated
bookmarkmaidigi
noun august
bookmarkmaido
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmamu-duagaa
noun fishsp.: stingray
bookmarkmanu laosedi
noun seaanimal; marineinvertebrates
bookmarkmasagi
noun a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkmouli
adjective living, alive; life; life-style; that on which life seems to depend (e.g., favorite food or activity); life-principle (spirit, soul, etc.)
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, byandby
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
se goo
adept at
bookmarksio
noun waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarkssae
verb rip, tear, deflower (a virgin)
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarktilo ange
verb nurse; look after
bookmarkua-mea
red-throated frigate bird
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity
bookmarkuso
umbilical cord
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