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abo sala
adjective mean (by nature), unkind
bookmarkaonga
noun sort or degree of daybreak
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkboa
noun record catch (of fish) by an individual during his lifetime on any one fishing expedition
bookmarkbopobo
adjective deteriorated
bookmarkbunei
noun fish sp.: batfish
bookmarkdaadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdao badu
noun ridgepole (upper)
bookmarkdau langi
verb rainy season
bookmarkdauhuli (ange)
noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face
bookmarkdaula de gona
noun
a cord between the naval and the genitals
degidegi
adjective ticklish
bookmarkdiinonga-o-salo
noun fishsp.
bookmarkdingale
noun secretion of the genetalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.
bookmarkdongidongi
verb spotted (covered with spots); to keep pointing at or peeking at
bookmarkdoo de ssui
still damp (but becoming dry)
bookmarkdumuagi
noun top of the head, bare hilltop
bookmarkduu biho
adjective haircut; cut hair
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkduuduu lagi
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgasia
verb worthwhile,important,valuable
bookmarkgau henua gee
foreigners (lit., ’people from other lands’)
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgede hangaabo
noun
a type of basket
haa daha
verb the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhaanoa
verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)
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hagadagodo gee ina
change
bookmarkhagaditidi de hadu
to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadubu gina
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahidu (ina)
verb the name of a person in a traditional story
bookmarkhagaloma de me
calm weather, with no noise
bookmarkhagannamu age
eat a little of
bookmarkhagapasa
verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other
bookmarkhai hegau ai
verb borrow
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hhole
verb peel (something)
bookmarkhine duuhua
noun unmarried girl
bookmarkhua bugaliaa
hungahunga a nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkiho daahagi
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears [the horizon being normally marked by surf]
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkivi de biho
noun skull
bookmarklaangidabu
time noun sunday
bookmarklabu manu
adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)
bookmarklaulau
llago
adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)
bookmarklongo iho
adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmaamaadolu
adjective becoming more and more maadolu
bookmarkmada gi daha
adjective having the point bent outward (away from its handle)
bookmarkmada saosao
adjective sharp-pointed
bookmarkmadangi
noun wind
bookmarkmadau-dalinga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmagi i de makama
menstruation
bookmarkmalillili
adjective easily made malili; to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmmene ono me
to be unable to go to the toilet, owing to the approach of people
bookmarkmoni kalo
noun a canoe with rounded sides (designed to ride easily in rough seas)
bookmarkmonilele
noun airplane
bookmarkmulumulu aamanu
verb moss (on rocks or coral)
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngalogu
adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarksaa
noun a share of food (esp. for children)
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksaibo
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarksali loimada
adjective to tear1 (in the eyes because, e.g., of smoke)
bookmarksavini
adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)
bookmarkse hono
fit well or properly
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksemada
numeral tens of thousands
bookmarksoe lodo modu
to remain (or sit, or stand) motionless (as when praying)
bookmarktama hagai
poor fellow!
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uhado
large white worm species
bookmarkvaaligi
adjective small (for plural noun)
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