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abasasa huu
European in manner or appearance
bookmarkagoago
verb learning, teaching
bookmarkau ga sano
I give up
bookmarkbabaiangi
verb a type of cloud formation (dark but not threatening rain)
bookmarkboi
adjective
abnormal
booboo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro or breadfruit)
bookmarkdaane dau
noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)
bookmarkdae gi oona
be tops
bookmarkdagalia
verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdalodalosia
verb pray for
bookmarkdao
noun a spear, branch of (part of)
bookmarkdao huge
verb to open an earth oven as soon as the food is cooked
bookmarkdau gadea
noun boom lanyard (of a canoe)
bookmarkdau gulu
verb breadfruit season
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdauagi
verb dry in the sun
bookmarkdee hai gee
be tied (e.g., in a footrace)
bookmarkdee savala
uninterested in; not enjoy
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdena
that
bookmarkdinihu
verb industrious, hardworking
bookmarkdoonga
noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)
bookmarkdoopeva
noun trick, prank
bookmarkduu gee
adjective out of alignment
bookmarkgaagose
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgatae
noun fishingnet (attached to a frame or handle)
bookmarkgeiuli
lizard species
bookmarkgoo
adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)
bookmarkhaa leu
noun a leaf which has turned yellowish-brown
bookmarkhagaali
verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious
bookmarkhagaau aloha
adjective poor (not rich)
bookmarkhagabau
verb measure, calculate,estimate
bookmarkhagabuni de henua
to call an all-island meeting
bookmarkhagadau kino
adjective hate each other
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagadidi
verb to put a grass skirt on someone else
bookmarkhagadinoangahulu
verb make a total of ten people
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagavvale
verb spiritpossession
bookmarkhai huaabodu
treat someone (including one’s spouse) as a relative by not asking permission to use or borrow property; treat a relative as belonging to another family altogether
bookmarkhai kai
adjective show-off, proud
bookmarkhakide
verb to reveal oneself to someone (of a ghost); to show (familiarize with)
bookmarkhale maadenga
noun mortuary house
bookmarkhebahebaa
adjective crowded together
bookmarkhebuihagi
verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close
bookmarkhemuu
adjective talk to one another
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkigauli
noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)
bookmarkivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarklaagau
noun wood,stick (of wood)
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
bookmarklodo gi lunga
ambitious for a superior position
bookmarkloha
bird species
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmaanegabo
energetic
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmadaa gamu
noun the measurements and special techniquesused in manufacturing duai
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmanu gaugau
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmanu solo laagau
a file (for filing metal)
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkniho ngalo
molar teeth, wisdom teeth
bookmarknnoa nounu
verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it
bookmarknoho maadai
adjective sit quietly
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarkoda
eat something raw
bookmarkoho iho
adjective come ashore early in the morning
bookmarkolaa
a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksambagidaa
se agoo
adept at
bookmarktainaahine gauligi
noun younger sister
bookmarktainaahine o dogu damana
noun paternal aunt
bookmarktama hagai
poor fellow!
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