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agaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkaha laa
I wonder why
bookmarkalaa naa
those only
bookmarkamuamu iho
noun drizzle
bookmarkanei loo
these (here) are the ones
bookmarkau doga
noun a confluence of ocean currents, or a circular current in which drifting objects remain stationary
bookmarkbaanabu
noun
stone (from banaba
baani
adjective lie down
bookmarkbaasanga
noun manner of speaking, idiolect, dialect
bookmarkbane
noun the flat top of the shark’s snout
bookmarkbasa lilo
adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkbasa senga
adjective speak senselessly
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
boonei
noun fish sp.: damselfish
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkdaa de alelo
cluck one’s tongue
bookmarkdaaligi
verb do something seriously; be moved about; a jerky movement, caused by the wind (e.g., the flapping of a sail); work seriously
bookmarkdatada
verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
bookmarkdavage
noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)
bookmarkdelaa tee madea
hard to tellapart from; resemble closely
bookmarkdoli de henua
to defeat all comers
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkduosi
adjective servant
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgano
noun flesh of,meat of
bookmarkgapua
verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)
bookmarkgelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkgelu-agau
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgelu-hai-vaelo
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkguba
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)
bookmarkhagabaa
verb cause to come into contact with; chase by trying to head off
bookmarkhagabasalia
verb convince someone completely
bookmarkhagaboongia
verb remain somewhere until dark
bookmarkhagadaulooloa
verb prolong,extend
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagadubu maduu paa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadugudugu
verb crouch repeatedly
bookmarkhagaduu ngae
adjective earnestly; to the limits of one’s capacity; struggle (e.g., to complete work)
bookmarkhagahaangoda
verb to teach to fish
bookmarkhagamadamada ngaadahi
verb share equally among
bookmarkhai de gubenga
to use a gubenga for fishing
bookmarkhai gaavenga
verb restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhedau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: alexandrianlaureltree (calophyllum inophyllum l.)
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhesilihagi gee
to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkhonoa
verb patched
bookmarkkala
adjective smarting of skin which has been cut, or of an abrasion, when in contact with seawater, etc.
bookmarklaalaa
verb having many branches
bookmarklabua
verb knead thoroughly
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarkllie
noun the throat of the flying fish net
bookmarkluu agu
pronoun my (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaadai
noun a cult official (who looked after the cult-house)
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa dolu
number thirteen
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lua
number twelve
bookmarkmadannia sisi
noun littlefinger
bookmarkmahana age
heartburn <>
bookmarkmahi loa
adjective tireless
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkme hholu
noun bow (for an arrow)
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
mounuunu
adjective easily mounu
bookmarkngago gaagoo
noun chicken egg
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkodi ai loo
that’s the end! that’s all!
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarksabalia
verb be saba2
bookmarksala
noun mistake,error,accident
bookmarksalaa
noun fishsp.: flyingfish
bookmarksalu mai
make smaller by planing or scraping
bookmarksemada
numeral tens of thousands
bookmarkseni ange
rest up for (e.g., the next day’s work)
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
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