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agoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkalaa ai huu
those there only then
bookmarkanaa maa
those were about (approximately)
bookmarkava
adjective relief, be relieved
bookmarkbaieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbalabalavini
adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature
bookmarkbaledilo
verb the stage of plant growth at which immature leaves appear
bookmarkbe goai (naa huu)
whoever
bookmarkbie
noun plant sp.: Polynesian arrowroot (tacca leontopetaloides (l.) o.k.)
bookmarkboibala
adjective watery (of prepared food)
bookmarkboo iho
adjective the following night
bookmarkdaba
adjective a flash of light, a blink of an eye
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdahola
verb fish, hunt (at night)
bookmarkdama muli bee
noun the twelfth child born to a couple
bookmarkdau maagau
noun a period during which many people die
bookmarkdelaa muhuu
how about that one there
bookmarkdenaa ange naa
about that
dua saali
noun one of the lines of which saaliis composed
bookmarkduba
noun land crab sp. (small)
bookmarkduge
noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu
bookmarkdugu dagidahi
verb place (or leave off) one at a time
bookmarkduiaanga
noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkduu kolu
adjective stand bracing oneself
bookmarkedee maua
impossible
bookmarkelaa
a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
bookmarkgeesaa
noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii
bookmarkgiado
noun outriggerboom
bookmarkgida ma gida
each individual...
bookmarkgudua
verb abounding in lice
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
cushion starfish
bookmarkhaelu
verb var. of hailu
bookmarkhagadabena iho
verb prepare oneself, make oneself
bookmarkhagadahi
verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases
bookmarkhagadau doo
verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagaduulanga
noun method of construction; appearance (e.g., of a ship, house, or other construction)
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhai me daahea
search for driftwood or other beachedobjects
bookmarkhenuu
placenta
bookmarkholoholoi
verb the rope tied to palm fronds in belubelu fishing
bookmarkhua-ala
noun flower
bookmarkhuaa me
a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
bookmarkhuaalanga
noun a type of coconuttree
bookmarkhuevini
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkhui hala
noun the fruit of the pandanus
bookmarkiho
adjective
get down, climb down; down
ivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarklao gau-me
verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills
bookmarkllidi
dress up (esp. in new or very fancy clothes)
bookmarklodo a gauligi
adjective immature (in personality); vulnerable to having one’s feelings easily hurt
bookmarkloigulu
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarkma ai
and who
bookmarkmadangi danuaa
noun fresh air
bookmarkmaga tau hoe
to paddle (a canoe) vigorously
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
masaia
verb trapped by low water (e.g., canoes, or fish on the reef at low tide)
bookmarkmasana
verb good (quality)
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkme mmala
noun bile
bookmarkmidia
verb dream about
bookmarkmmene
adjective to contract inside of (like a marineinvertebrate inside a shell); detumescence; a sudden loss of desire (e.g., to defecate when people approach)
bookmarkmomolia
adjective decrease in quantity
bookmarkmuli
adjective debt,owe
bookmarkngaage
downtown.
bookmarkngadi laangi
noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished
bookmarkniho
noun tooth, teeth
bookmarkodi de masavaa
having insufficient time remaining for (something)
bookmarkoho mai
come early
bookmarkohua
verb characterized by having ohu
bookmarkolaadeu
pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksaali
noun a type of rope (used for climbing breadfruit trees)
bookmarksalau
adjective inclined, slanting, not straight, not perpendicular to
bookmarksamu
verb gossip,slander
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarkse biho
clever (scheme or trick)
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarkssabe age
eat
bookmarkssae aalanga
adjective sore in the muscles
bookmarkssuugulu
noun school
bookmarktilo buna
noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)
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