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abaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkanei ange maalie
these are exactly right
bookmarkangaanga
adjective measure by spans (anga)
bookmarkbaasi madau
adjective right side, right-handed
bookmarkbale-masevaseva
noun
bangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbasa hagaeaea
adjective stutter
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbelubelu
noun fish sp.: scad
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkbuulou
verb cover up (by wrapping up with one layer); to catch by scooping up (e.g., with a net or basket)
bookmarkdaakodo
adjective
be in place
daane hai moni
sailor,seaman
bookmarkdabula
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkdadango
verb repeatedly fall upon
bookmarkdaleba
verb flap briskly in the wind
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdau age de inai
be in the lee of the atoll while fishing (i.e., in a place protected from the wind)
bookmarkdau duadae
be a sucker, be fooled easily
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally apportioned
bookmarkdele de ada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdiihagaai
noun the eighth child of a couple
bookmarkduu inai
duu inai
type of mat (a half inai)
bookmarkduulanga
noun the sector from which the wind blows; the place of, the track of
bookmarkea gi lunga
to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgauligi iho
next younger than
bookmarkgava-uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgavage
adjective
give or bring up
giado
noun outriggerboom
bookmarkhagabaubauanga
adjective to have been criticized
bookmarkhagadaha
verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagadiba
verb incline to one side
bookmarkhagamanavasaa
adjective risky,dangerous
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagaobe
verb cause to have obe
bookmarkhagaseloo
verb make a total of one million
bookmarkhagauea
verb a sleeping mat
bookmarkhai ngadaa
adjective difficult
bookmarkhale baalanga
noun frame house
bookmarkhenuu
verb a method of plaiting
bookmarkhili de hau
make a hau
bookmarkholadage
adjective laid out or spreadout all over
bookmarkkaba donu
wait!
bookmarkkave dahi
adjective do at one time
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarklangi maakau
noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarklaudodole
noun smallness
bookmarklugu me
adjective having a tendency to take by force
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmada-umanga
noun the bud of a cyrtosperma taro corm
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadagauhala
noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area
bookmarkmadohi age
adjective reach halfway up
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalingilingi
adjective spill out little by little
bookmarkmalino
verb calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkmalo gulu
noun
barkcloth
manga lua tae
noun cleft in the buttocks
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
mouli danuaa
easy living, a good life
bookmarknngao dalinga
adjective hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknoho donu
adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)
bookmarkolaadeu
pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpulu
verb to be dry and smooth; satiated; be able to withstand
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksamua
verb slandered; to have been an object of gossip
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarksisi gaadinga
to cut copra
bookmarksogoisi
adjective
songagi
a bad sort of person
bookmarkssele i de niho
damn it!
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
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