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aasasi
adjective flee (of a small school of fish)
bookmarkanga-mea
noun fish sp. (= large dada)
bookmarkao
verb daylight
bookmarkbini
verb braid (rope or hair, etc.), wrap with rope
bookmarkboibala
adjective watery (of prepared food)
bookmarkbula
adjective a flash (e.g., of light); a quick glance; to light (a torch)
bookmarkbuu-kangi-de-muli
noun mollusk sp.: cymatiidae spp., also bursa bubo
bookmarkdaahaa modomodo
daamadaa-sele
noun insectsp.: waterbug
bookmarkdagodo adu
appear there (from here)
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdangada henua gee
noun foreigners, strangers
bookmarkdatanu
noun fishsp. (a sort which burrows in the sand)
bookmarkdee modu
adjective continually
bookmarkdee ni dago
never mind
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdohu
adjective sufficient, enough; able to cover agiven area
bookmarkdoo me (ai)
verb make fun of, ridicule
bookmarkduu gaha
noun a large piece of gaha (used for mili gaadinga), or from which sennit fibers are obtained)
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgagu
adjective well-mannered
bookmarkgalo de laa
the reddish sky at sunset
bookmarkgalo gila
goatfish
bookmarkgalo hagalegunga
adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkgiivada
adjective good fortune in the future, as revealed by divination
bookmarkgili agau
verb a moss-like covering of the reef; fish which live on the reef
bookmarkgili dalo
noun hillock
bookmarkginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgoede
noun octopus
bookmarkgoloa baalanga
noun metal-working tools
bookmarkgoloa hai hegau
noun tools (for work)
bookmarkhagabuulunga iho
adjective to hagabuulunga oneself
bookmarkhagadali
verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)
bookmarkhagadogoisi
verb reduce in number, make fewer
bookmarkhagahala
a sleeping mat
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard as fast as possible
bookmarkhagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasebugi
verb make a total of one billion
bookmarkhagasoe ange
aim at
bookmarkhagili
verb speak (or sing) with phelgm in one’s throat
bookmarkhale magi
noun hospital,dispensary
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
hausanga
noun a wrapping (of string) around the join of a pole
bookmarkhhoda
adjective gasp for breath (once)
bookmarkhono
verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)
bookmarkhuaa bodu
noun family
bookmarkhuaahenua
noun community
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkkoe se aha
who do you think you are
bookmarklaamaloo
noun a divination result indicating bad fortune
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarklleu luu mada
swelling of the eyes (after crying)
bookmarkloba
noun a type of mat
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarklodo baageaa
adjective weak-willed, easily tempted; excitedeasily by the opposite sex
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklodo llidi
a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarkmaamaasina
verb repeatedly lighted (esp. by moonlight)
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmanu-manga-lua
noun insectsp.: scorpion
bookmarkmanuhi
adjective hemorrhage
bookmarkme abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkme hagaahulu
noun prepared food
bookmarkmuli moni
noun stern
bookmarkmuu
noun fishsp.: snapper (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarknguulia
verb be nguu
bookmarkoluu
pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)
bookmarksemuna
numeral hundreds of millions
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksili
adjective drawing to an end
bookmarksivi
adjective giveup
bookmarksomo haahine
adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
bookmarkvakaa
be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation
bookmarkvalagei
whip black coral
bookmarkvalu llau
number eight hundred
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