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aahee ai
then which
bookmarkalahenua
noun plot of (bush) land, acreage
bookmarkanga baabaa
noun mollusk sp., spider conch
bookmarkbaalasi ange
compete hard against (as in team sports)
bookmarkbaulia
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkbedage
verb shallow (bowl, basket, etc.)
bookmarkbolo ange
bequeath
bookmarkbuga
noun plant sp.: tree sp. (pisonia grandis r.b.)
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkdaane e manege
noun a person who is capable at almost anything
bookmarkdaane honu
noun a person of many accomplishments
bookmarkdaatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdae banibani
noun the white excretion of the banibani
bookmarkdahi-malali
time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdangage dua
verb bend one’s head backwards
bookmarkdao ssanga
noun roof support (top) poles, wall plates
bookmarkde heduu o taiao
noun morningstar
bookmarkdeai loo me
i doubt it
bookmarkdeai me ao ai
useless
bookmarkdee anga
forgetful, absent-minded
bookmarkdee gagu
adjective uncouth
bookmarkdoo de gulabe
prolapsed rectum
bookmarkduudae nguu
noun the inky excretion of the squid
bookmarkege age
raise up (something) from its previous trajectory
bookmarkga dae ai
until
bookmarkga noho
after a time
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngauda
noun fishsp.: rudderfish
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgaleve
sakau drink
bookmarkgano agau
reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgauligi iho
next younger than
bookmarkgili
skin
bookmarkgolee bukaliaa
gubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagaodea
verb the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagili
verb speak (or sing) with phelgm in one’s throat
bookmarkhai ngadaa
adjective difficult
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhesilihagi gee
to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance
bookmarkhhagi
verb make a sharp turn; hagi at one time
bookmarkhhanga
verb split open, open up, or separate, all at once
bookmarkhhola
verb hola at one time
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarkkobu
adjective splash (once)
bookmarklaavasi
noun meat (or fish, or seafood) which issuitable as food
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklau tulugi
a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava
bookmarklava sili
adjective good enough; stop
bookmarkmaalie ange
a little later
bookmarkmadaa hadu
noun grater (metal) attached to a board forgrating taro
bookmarkmadaagi
verb the scout in belubelu fishing
bookmarkmadaali
adjective lacking in oil (of a ripe coconut)
bookmarkmainu daodao
malamalau
adjective repeatedly or continuously malau1
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
noun plantsp.: pacofern (athyrium sp.)
bookmarkme hagaahulu
prepared food
bookmarkmilosanga
noun the way in which current flows
bookmarkmodomodo
moni deledele
noun sailing canoe
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarknanua
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngago
brain; egg
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarknoho dodo
adjective coagulation of blood
bookmarkono llau
number six hundred
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
bookmarksavala
adjective interested in, enjoys
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksobaga
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarksoe
adjective straight, not crooked; level
bookmarktiimaa
noun ship
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