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alaa ai laa
those there then were
bookmarkalaa ange naa
about that
alomasige
adjective hasten to go or come
bookmarkaloo anahee
for how long has this been going on
bookmarkanei ai laa
these then were those
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdada manu
adjective to snare birds (with a loop on the end of a pole)
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activities,religious activities
bookmarkdagu hahine
my "daughter" or "mother" (not one’s natural mother)
bookmarkdangada ngauda
adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber
bookmarkdangolia
verb grabbed, fallen upon
bookmarkdaonga
noun feast
bookmarkdau
noun chant (ancient)
bookmarkdaumaha dalodalo
noun prayer service (church)
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdohu de gili
covered all over (skin) with
bookmarkdoo gaiaa
ambush; attack by surprise or stealth
bookmarkduasala
adjective hardship,difficulty
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkgaavadu
verb give
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgango
adjective burned (overcooked food)
bookmarkgaso
noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgugu iho
adjective useless (person) in anything involving others (capable only of taking care of oneself)
bookmarkhaa lodo
noun the inner coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhadu de moana
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkhagaao
verb intend to stay up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu de uinga
to place stakes on the sides of uinga
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagalulu de langi
attract rain (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagamaasei ange
make smaller (away from one)
bookmarkhagammuni iho
adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)
bookmarkhagapale
verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against
bookmarkhagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagassoga
verb
hai mainu
verb collect bait
bookmarkhai mee magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhai saulaba
adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law
bookmarkhaunu
verb <= hagaunu>
bookmarkhhagi
verb make a sharp turn; hagi at one time
bookmarkhhango
verb wakeup (someone)
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhooia donu huu
at the best possible time or place
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huubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkitebuubuu
noun insectsp.: grasshopper
bookmarkkanamalie
adjective tasty (especially of taro)
bookmarklaangai buusagi
a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklebidi
noun birdsp.: whitetern
bookmarklenga
noun a preparation made from ango and doidoi (q.v.)
bookmarklibo ange de henua
feel dizzy or faint, vertigo
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkloma
adjective very calm, silent
bookmarkluu duu
noun covers (of books), two halves
bookmarkmaanga-de-langi
noun wormsp. (makes a spider-like thread)
bookmarkmada ahodo
verb any place where seawater seeps into the taro bog
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
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magaugau
adjective easily faint or lose consciousness;mortality-prone (e.g., of a family)
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmai moni
a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkmalo gulu
barkcloth, made from the inner skin of the breadfruit
bookmarkmalu
verb shade (under trees); lee (of wind)
bookmarkmanenga
noun fishsp. (= a very large balagia, 3-4 feet long)
bookmarkmanu solo laagau
file (for filing wood)
bookmarkme dau
noun thing of importance,worthwhile
bookmarkme mmilo
current (in the sea)
bookmarkmee
noun thing
bookmarkmee duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkmoni lele
noun airplane
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarkngii
verb a high-pitched sound
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarkodea
noon, midday
bookmarkouaa
adjective yes certainly
bookmarkpaa age
explode from below
bookmarkpelaini
verb to fry
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savasavali
verb always hungry
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksiili
noun a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
bookmarksomo haahine
a fleshy (non-muscular) man
bookmarkvvela de aloha
feel very sorry for
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