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adilo
noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire
bookmarkalukaba
verb leave quickly (usually under duress)
bookmarkanei ai huu
these only then
bookmarkanga iho
noun self-awareness
bookmarkbalaginagina
adjective be squashed
bookmarkbasa dua nnui
speak undiplomatically
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkboiboi
adjective repeatedly displaying signs of abnormality; dizzy
bookmarkbunaa
noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)
bookmarkdaa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
dababa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkdagi gee
lead away from
bookmarkdagodo lalo
adjective seriously ill and not improving
bookmarkdaguu
noun axe
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdama dagidahi
noun the only child of a couple
bookmarkdangalebu de moana
rough or choppy seas
bookmarkde aha
which is it
bookmarkdele de gada
smile
bookmarkdenga meenei
these ones (plural)
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdogodoganga
noun
plantsp.
dona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkdongi ange
appoint
bookmarkduu duli
adjective kneel
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of a canoe mast
bookmarkduumaa de gelegele
numeral trillion (a million million)
bookmarkedee maua
impossible
bookmarkgaange
verb give
bookmarkgaba aasanga
noun the sides of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgai mamu dua nnui
to eat fish up (not saving any for later)
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagaaigoli
noun a food tree on another’s land
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagadagodo
verb cause to lie down or remain; illustrate by examples
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamalo
verb provide clothes for
bookmarkhagapale
verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against
bookmarkhai de biho
verb act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhakaadia
verb make tightly packed
bookmarkhale lau
noun thatch-roofed house (of pandanus leafthatch)
bookmarkhano i luu moana
die (a person)
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhedae
adjective meet up with; be even with each other
bookmarkhilo ange
mix with
bookmarkhologumi
adjective
hongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarkkave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarklaba
verb flash (as of lightning)
bookmarklala gaadinga
adjective to heat copra (to dry it)
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklao
noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklima dangada ina
a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer
bookmarklluu
adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)
bookmarklodo gi me
adjective acquisitive, covetous
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarklua-laangi
time noun tuesday (’second day’)
bookmarkmaangoa
adjective to be dry
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmadila diadia
noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength
bookmarkmagi kino
adjective loss of appetite
bookmarkmahagi
adjective (fruit) picked off (or caused to fall by wind)
bookmarkmalo gulu
noun
barkcloth
malua
noun vagina
bookmarkmanavasaa
adjective scared; afraid
bookmarkmanavasaa
adjective worried, apprehensive,fearful
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
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manu-a-luga
noun insectsp.: fruitfly
bookmarkmasugi
adjective having a hole, pierced
bookmarkmidia ange
dream about
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
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moni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarknguulia
verb be nguu
bookmarkodea
adjective noon, midday
bookmarkpaa age
explode from below
bookmarkpula
adjective open one’s eyes widely; to lightup suddenly; insectsp.: a phosphorescent insect
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
sii valavala
spray
bookmarktegi
adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)
bookmarktigo
defecate
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