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anengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbadabaataianga
noun
baguu
adjective fall over (as a felled tree); tip over; lean (in one direction)
bookmarkbaleao
noun fish sp., milkfish
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkbuu hale moni
noun mollusk sp.
bookmarkdaatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdaava
verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)
bookmarkdaba de ganomada
instantaneous, in the blinking of an eye
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdagidogoisi
adjective very few for each one
bookmarkdagodo hai sala
fornication
bookmarkdagodo lalo
adjective seriously ill and not improving
bookmarkdahea gi lalo
sink (completely)
bookmarkdahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdama adu hale
noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others
bookmarkdaogave
noun
a type of coconuttree
daumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdenei muhuu
how about this one
bookmarkdoonga a lima
one’s own tools, or tools with which one is familiar
bookmarkdua alohagi
noun fishingline of a size appropriate fortrolling
bookmarkduasivi
noun the back of the spine
bookmarkduu inai
type of mat (a half inai)
bookmarkduugau
noun legs at the base of a canoe mast
bookmarkgadoi
verb
a type of coconut with an edible husk
gaha
noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgaimalie
adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)
bookmarkgainga o de moana
fish (when abundant in the ocean nearby)
bookmarkgalo hilo
verb not cooked completely
bookmarkgammenge-hai-gili-dabeo
noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma
bookmarkgava-dea
reef heron - white phase
bookmarkgave hua loa
ginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgogoo
adjective
hadi bala
adjective to rely on others for the things one should provide for oneself
bookmarkhadu mangeo
noun cushion starfish
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagadamadama
verb act like a child (as a behavior pattern)
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagamadagu
verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard or fast as possible
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagaoda tugi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and grated coconut)
bookmarkhagasemuna
verb make a total of one hundred million
bookmarkhai huuhuaa me
sorcery
bookmarkhanonga
noun trip1, journey
bookmarkheloongoi
adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another
bookmarkhelui
adjective diminution of
bookmarkhenua mounga
noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)
bookmarkhesilihagi
verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkhiidagi
verb
hilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkhoa lalo
noun anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone
bookmarkhonu tolo
noun a turtle of the largest size
bookmarkiho daahagi
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]
bookmarkilo
noun worm
bookmarkkosi
verb to scratch (once)
bookmarklapede
verb stumble and fall
bookmarkmaamaadolu
adjective becoming more and more maadolu
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmada tea gee
white as a sheet (of a person)
bookmarkmadohi boo
adjective midnight
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmanu-de-bua
noun birdsp.: sacredkingfisher (halcyon sancta) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
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milo
verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring
bookmarkmoana magalili
noun a cold underwater current
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.)
bookmarkngadi daumaha
adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarkniho vaiuu
noun milkteeth, deciduousteeth
bookmarknnoa nounu
verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarkoga
verb to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarksai
noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)
bookmarksiilinga a muna
trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksou daane
noun a sudden strong gust of wind
bookmarkssanu
lick
bookmarksugi launui
noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf
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