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aahee laa
which were those
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkbaageaa iho
adjective weakening (becoming weaker)
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbeluu
noun lizard; gecko
bookmarkbodubodu
verb particles of rotting wood or thatch, etc.
bookmarkboo ga dae laa
my goodness
bookmarkboo i lalo o tangada
the last days of a person’s life
bookmarkbuugani
adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdada mamu
adjective an impatient fisherman
bookmarkdai deeai donu
almost none at all
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdaua
verb war,battle
bookmarkde hine ga haibodu
noun bride
bookmarkdee daea donu
unexpectedly
bookmarkdele de longo
spread news or rumors
bookmarkdenaa ai huu
that is it then
bookmarkdenaa huu
that is it still
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdili uda
adjective an ocean current which comes towards the shore (and carries in driftwood, etc.)
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdua dama
verb the pallor of a female following childbirth
bookmarkduu midomido
adjective an abrupt stop of a trajectory (because one end of the missile has dug into the ground, etc.)
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkgaaui i tao
a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear
bookmarkgabinivali
noun a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgada-ahai
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgalabe
noun seacucumber sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkgauligi hahine
noun female child,girl
bookmarkgeiuli
lizard species
bookmarkgoe iloo
it’s up to you
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhaa daha
noun the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhadugolaa
noun
any stone of volcanic origin
hagababa
verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready
bookmarkhagadaahao ai
do something as though it were a game
bookmarkhagadangidangi
verb play music; make someone keep crying
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagapigi saele
adjective go around with someone constantly
bookmarkhagasegedia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhagatoo mua
verb take every possible precaution, insure
bookmarkhai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhai me a leangi
bad-mannered
bookmarkhano saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhegide
adjective see each other; meet up with
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhoo senga
adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed
bookmarkhua-ala
noun flower
bookmarkiloo me
adjective charlatanism
bookmarkina
verb to light up an area at night (esp. for hunting land crabs)
bookmarklabelabe-uliuli
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarklai
noun forehead
bookmarkllie
noun the throat of the flying fish net
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmadaviiga
verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish
bookmarkmagau de lima
a paralyzed arm
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molimoli ange
take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled (e.g., a ship stuck on the reef during the moments when it is floated by waves)
bookmarknanua
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkngauda
inland of; landlubber
bookmarknoho
verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated
bookmarknonu
noun plantsp.: tree sp. (the archaic name of bugaliaa)
bookmarkpago
adjective the sound of any sudden violent contact; the sound of an explosion
bookmarksaelea
verb walked upon
bookmarksalasalani
verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksilasila
verb look around for
bookmarksilivaahea
wander about with no fixed abode
bookmarksomo boi
grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarksongagi
noun a bad sort of person
bookmarkssea
noun chair
bookmarkssili mada
to faint, be unconscious
bookmarksulu
dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)
bookmarkunahi
scale (of a fish)
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