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aahulu
verb to leave food cooking overnight
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkaha dea
noun driftwood sp. (white in the center)
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkanaa ange naa
about that
balu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkbedibedi
adjective getting fat
bookmarkbinge
adjective pink
bookmarkbodubodu
verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.
bookmarkbooboo me
adjective massage (as a medical treatment)
bookmarkboonei
noun fish sp.: damselfish
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaasele
verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip
bookmarkdahea age
drift toward place where speaker is
bookmarkdama daane
adjective boy, young man
bookmarkdama hodooligi
noun
children of the chief
dee daea donu
unexpectedly
bookmarkdee vasu
fearless (socially); inconsiderate
bookmarkdelaa ai loo
that was it at last
bookmarkdelaa ange
that there is another one
bookmarkdili de lima
to swing one’s arms (when walking)
bookmarkdinana mai i daha
stepmother
bookmarkdongi de lae
a spot on the forehead
doolonga
noun a track left by a crawling thing
bookmarkgaadinga osi
a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgai hagassii
verb eat messily (letting the food fall from one’s hands and mouth)
bookmarkgalabe
noun seacucumber sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkganae-oo
noun fishsp.: threadfin
bookmarkgidee (laa) goe
see what i mean
bookmarkgima
noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)
bookmarkgolee bugaliaa
haadinga haiava
noun bend in a path
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
cushion starfish
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagabuu ange
blame (someone), incriminate (someone)
bookmarkhagadanu
verb sink below the horizon, burrow into the sand
bookmarkhagademo
verb
pout
hagadubu gina
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagasula tangada
adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position
bookmarkhai de hagamaanadu
remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)
bookmarkhai me hagamadia
behave in a more-or-less show-off manner
bookmarkhaingaa me
noun work requiring a large work force
bookmarkhakaa tuai
to sharpen a coconut grater blade
bookmarkhakaadia
verb make tightly packed
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhhuge age malo
lift up one’s skirts (to expose one’s genitals)
bookmarkhongagelegele baalanga
adjective rust
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishingpole
bookmarkiho daahagi
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]
bookmarklava sili
adjective good enough; stop
bookmarklligi
adjective
fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small
lodo lanea
adjective indecisive,confused
bookmarklulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkmaagoda
adjective jealous (sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmadaala
adjective loosely braided; good at twirling sennit
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmadabuunoua
adjective become dull
bookmarkmadaladala de leo
a clear and high-pitched singing voice
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmagamagalili
adjective frequently magalili
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
meemouli
noun living thing
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarknau
noun plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)
bookmarkngadi duu
adjective naked
bookmarkngadi me
noun nothing,unimportant,useless,worthless
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarkngudula
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarkpono age de manava
be unable to breathe
bookmarksabiningaa lau
sae mai
break through the bush (toward one)
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksugulu
noun school
bookmarkteve de gili
gooseflesh
bookmarkvakaa
be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation
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