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aabi
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkabitala
noun eave (of a house)
bookmarkabongi
adjective capsize
bookmarkadumua
verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver
bookmarkaha naa
let’s (later)
bookmarkalaa muna
word <= dalaa muna>
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbaa donu
adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)
bookmarkbalu
verb to bring one’s hands and arms (or wings) down or back once (as in waving, swimming, or the flapping of a bird’s wings)
bookmarkbini dali gadaha
a method of braiding dali into string to make a bird snare; six-ply braiding (of rope)
bookmarkboi
adjective
abnormal
boialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkbunei
noun fish sp.: batfish
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdangidangi
adjective cry a lot; beg, apologize; a type of aboriginal chant
bookmarkdauoni-baabaa
noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)
bookmarkde hine hagahaanau
midwife
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdoo ade
a joking expression; literally, ’your liver!’
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duudae goede
noun the inky excretion of the octopus
bookmarkgabinivali
noun a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgai dagidagi
verb eat while walking; foodfor sale which is carried on the road
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gano niho
noun gums (of mouth)
bookmarkgau dahi
adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)
bookmarkgave ala
a method of planting mats
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgili dama
verb soft-skinned
bookmarkgili maalama
verb light-skinned
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkgu odi ange ona
he has done all he could
bookmarkgubu dolo
noun a joint of the sugarcane
bookmarkhaa daha
noun the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaangoda de boo
a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadubu maduu paa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
adjective make boxes
bookmarkhagailoo
verb announce
bookmarkhagalloba ange
to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagasaulaba
verb treat as saulaba
bookmarkhagatala senga
adjective foolishly rough playing or joking
bookmarkhagaulu
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkhagausi
verb darkening of the sky or clouds (a sign of impending rain)
bookmarkhai de hai
adjective stubborn, willful
bookmarkhai ngaohie
adjective easy
bookmarkhale hai niho
dentist’s office
bookmarkhano ai huu
forever
bookmarkhatahata
noun chest (body part)
bookmarkheiloo
adjective know each other,understand each other
bookmarkhonu
green turtle (2 varieties)
bookmarkhuna me
a habitual thief
bookmarkkangi de hagasaele
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarklaagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklaangidabu
time noun sunday
bookmarklabua gee (lodo)
having an upset stomach; to be on the point of nausea
bookmarklou gulu
adjective pick breadfruit
bookmarkmaadau iganibongi
noun a type of fishhook (biggest, for iganibongi fishing)
bookmarkmaanadu iho
adjective think about oneself
bookmarkmada-galisi
the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmademadea
verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure
bookmarkmaea
noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)
bookmarkmagini
a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmala
bald
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmasana
verb good (quality)
bookmarkmassala
clear-headed
bookmarkme hanga dalogo
ingredients of dalogo
bookmarkmoahulu
goatfish
bookmarkmoe baubau
adjective
sleep without regard to remaining decently covered; die in agony
mogo
noun shoot from a sprouting coconut
bookmarkmoomuna
adjective fatty
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngadi laangi
noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished
bookmarkngaholu
adjective bent
bookmarkngu te lodo
noun the edge of the lagoon reef
bookmarknoho dodo
adjective coagulation of blood
bookmarksaavale
verb spit,drool,sputum
bookmarksaga gee
saga away from; extend out inspace
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksii tae
adjective diarrhea which escapes without onerealizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarktangada dee doo gi de me
uncouth person
bookmarktogo dahi
first
bookmarkvvede
to massage
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