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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbaagia age
to be carried to the shore (of a canoe) by a current or the wind
bookmarkbaalanga uli
noun cast iron
bookmarkbasa dua nnui
speak undiplomatically
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaane gasia
noun a person who is useful to others
bookmarkdala
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdama de bialodo
noun
deformed foetus
de ulu hagabolebole
topmost part of any standing object
bookmarkdee abo
uncomfortable (esp. socially)
bookmarkdee adagaigaina
a great many; serious
bookmarkdee kona
easily
bookmarkdenaa muhuu
how about that one
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying
bookmarkdola
adjective erection (of penis)
bookmarkdotonogaa
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkdugu de gumigumi
allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven
bookmarkdugudugu iho
adjective a technique of massage
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduu o de hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkduu uli
noun sea cucumber species
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgasogo
verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind
bookmarkhaangaa lodo i de gai
be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundarystone
bookmarkhagaalahenua
verb provide land for
bookmarkhagadau-me
adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue
bookmarkhagadubu mangoo
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaheiloo
verb make the acquaintance of
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagaioo
verb cause to give
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagalodolodo
verb hope for (want)
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamomo
verb reduce in quantity
bookmarkhagasaa
adjective quarrel (like children)
bookmarkhagasugi ange
to use an abbreviated name or acronym
bookmarkhai mee
industrious
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkio dua
noun the upper io
bookmarkivi de biho
noun skull
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklaso
the posterior portion of the hermit crab
bookmarkloomai
adjective
come or go (toward the speaker)
lulu
verb to shake (something) rapidly
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkma
a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaadau duiagi
noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)
bookmarkmagau i de hiigai
ravenous
bookmarkmalamalama
adjective sparkly; glittery
bookmarkmalo huna
adjective breechclout
bookmarkmalo sabo
noun breechclout
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmilo
verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarkngago
noun brain; egg
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarkngavesi
box, coffin, crate
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarknnoa nounu
verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it
bookmarkpula luu mada
excited with joy
bookmarksalaa
flying fish
bookmarkse hia
just how many
bookmarksigidaumaha
verb collection (in church),offering(in church), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarkuila
lightning, electricity
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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