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adugau
verb arrangement of things into a straight row
bookmarkahi malo
noun mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkaloha gelo
noun profound affection
bookmarkbalagia
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbigi
adjective close to (in meaning); about to (in time)
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkbolo
verb make a will (for oneself or others)
bookmarkboo manu
adjective to weed (a garden)
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdaa sseu
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
bookmarkdaagina
verb towing; dragging
bookmarkdaga holiage
verb surrounding area; tocut or make a ring around
bookmarkdagodo gee (ma)
another thing altogether;different (from); recuperating (after an illness)
bookmarkdagodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
damaa dae
adjective skillful at catching flying fish
bookmarkdao huge
verb to open an earth oven as soon as the food is cooked
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdiibanga o de henua
the categories of ancient custom
bookmarkdiinonga
adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)
bookmarkdoga
adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)
bookmarkdogia
verb be wet from the rain
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkdua gi lunga
thicker (line or rope, etc.)
bookmarkdungagi ange
nod one’s head toward (to beckon orindicate agreement, etc.)
bookmarkduudanga daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkduulua
noun jack (fish sp); large alaala
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgai de henua
native food (not imported)
bookmarkgalasi
galavalava
the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkgolomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkgu soe donu
unmistakably, for certain
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.
bookmarkhagaduu ssaalanga
adjective search intently for
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagamalibi
verb rush,speed up
bookmarkhagasau madangi
verb to be exposed to the wind
bookmarkhagassoga
verb
hagaulu
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhanu me
adjective a secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhhanga de ngudu
open one’s mouth
bookmarkhhoda
adjective gasp for breath (once)
bookmarkhhou
verb insist upon
bookmarkhidu-malama
time noun july (’seventh month’)
bookmarkhoa
noun side (of humans), below the hips
bookmarkhuaahenua
community
bookmarkhulo
verb
go
hunehune
noun the fibers on the core of the breadfruit
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarklaagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklaangai buusagi
a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklanibene
adjective separation in coconut oil (when it is aging)
bookmarklaso
the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarklobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
luu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkluu panava
noun scrotum (whole thing)
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmalibilibi
adjective crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmanu aabi
kite
bookmarkme osi
noun a coconuttree seedling
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
noun reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarkngau hala
bite someone
bookmarknguulia
verb be nguu
bookmarknngahu
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknoho hhanga
adjective sit with one’s legs spread apart
bookmarkpaa age
explode from below
bookmarkpago
adjective the sound of any sudden violent contact; the sound of an explosion
bookmarkpoo
adjective grab or catch in a single act
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
ssigo
clever, a fast learner; catch on to, understand
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarkua
noun neck
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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