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aahee donu
exactly which
bookmarkalaa maa
those there were about (approximately)
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkaonga
noun sort or degree of daybreak
bookmarkava
noun fish sp. (= large tonu, also = large hagaodalolo)
bookmarkbaalanga dua hale
metal roofing
bookmarkbodu
noun spouse
bookmarkbolo
verb make a will (for oneself or others)
bookmarkboolaa ange
say boolaa to
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkbuuia
verb be struck with something shot out from something else
bookmarkdaa hhali
verb an adze stroke, used to chip out the interior of a bowl, canoe, etc.
bookmarkdaahili dau soa
a lovesong
bookmarkdaane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdabaduu
noun fishsp.: (a small suulee or a var. ofsuulee)
bookmarkdahi tali
adjective depend on (e.g., to come), rely on
bookmarkdala hhua
verb eruptions on the skin (e.g., hives, insectbites, etc.)
bookmarkdalia
noun plantsp.
bookmarkdama moemoe sala
noun a foetus out of the proper position (in the womb) for delivery
bookmarkdangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdao hagamaadau
noun a spear with a barb
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdoga
adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdonu iho
adjective realize, understand
bookmarkduu keli
adjective firmly in place,earnestly
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkduusaba
noun a type of musical instrument (a stretched palm leaf jiggled while blown against)
bookmarkgaahanga
noun a rope used to assist in climbing
bookmarkgadiou
gaha
noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained
bookmarkgavaausu
noun plantsp.: treesp.: barringtoniatree (barringtonia asiatica (l.) kurz)
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkgili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkguao
noun
the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore
haahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhadiugu
verb a unit of linear measure (from the end of an outstretched hand to the bent elbow of the other arm)
bookmarkhagaahi
verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething
bookmarkhagaao
verb cause to be sufficient
bookmarkhagabiiginga
noun way of making sticky
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadubu mangoo
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu i luu goo
hagahaangoda
verb to teach to fish
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhagausinga
noun raincloud (includes all cumulus types)
bookmarkhakaogao
verb to sit on one buttock
bookmarkhhola
verb hola at one time
bookmarkholomanga
noun throat
bookmarkhoohonu
verb
hoosenga ange
embarrassed by
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhuugaabungubungu
very plump
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkise-ngaio
needlefish
bookmarkkalo
verb stir up
bookmarklaamasee
noun a divination result indicating good fortune
bookmarklaba
verb flash (as of lightning)
bookmarkloua ama
verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaanegabo
energetic
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa haa
number fourteen
bookmarkmae
adjective
withered;
mau
adjective get,obtain,caught
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmoe dige
adjective to roll away from one’s bedding while sleeping (on the floor)
bookmarkmolo
verb to make a knot of hair
bookmarknamu
noun mosquito
bookmarkniho ngalo
noun molarteeth, wisdomteeth
bookmarknoomeemea
a wave of sufficient force to wash over normally dry land; tidal wave
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarkoso
verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)
bookmarksali
verb begin to flow (e.g. turning on a faucet)
bookmarksausaudia
verb continually blown upon (by the wind)
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarkseisei
noun fishsp.: pipefish
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