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aamuli
noun descendants (in all inferior generations)
bookmarkabuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkaladi
verb initiate, begin
bookmarkaloalo me
noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll
bookmarkanei ai loo
these then are
bookmarkbigi
adjective be caught between two or more other things
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkbuni
adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)
bookmarkdagaa
verb a leader (for a fishline, made of olonga)
bookmarkdagu hahine
my "daughter" or "mother" (not one’s natural mother)
bookmarkdahea gee
drift away
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdama de gaehala
noun a raincloud (dropping its rain) seen in the distance
bookmarkdao huge
verb to open an earth oven as soon as the food is cooked
bookmarkdaudai
adjective skillful fisherman
bookmarkdee haihai donu
that’s for sure
bookmarkdoli iho
adjective to obtain the biggest first
bookmarkduge
noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarkeligi
adjective
chief of the island ()
eu sege
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgaaui i tao
a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear
bookmarkgai de henua
native food (not imported)
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgalabe-duiduia
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgalavagu
noun spongesp.
bookmarkgalubu
a type of toy
bookmarkgauligi daane
male child, boy
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkgidee (laa) goe
see what i mean
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkhaa lodo
verb the inner coconut palm frond
bookmarkhagaao
verb intend to stay up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabaubau
verb criticize; cause bad feelings;scrape taro inadequately
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadau doolohi
adjective chase each other
bookmarkhagadotodi
verb walk with a limp (temporarily)
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a placefor their nesting
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhagapago iho
adjective to descend suddenly
bookmarkhagapunidia
verb add up (many things)
bookmarkhale i lodo
noun ribcage, thoraciccavity
bookmarkhidi taelodo
adjective the weight (on a balance) used as a standard measurement
bookmarkholo
verb
swallow
honu tai
adjective high tide
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
bookmarkhuluhulua
verb hairy
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarki ono daha
at his place, with him
bookmarkioo
adjective
to make a sound indicating "take it"
ivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkava
adjective to feel uncomfortably warm
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklanga
verb weave
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarkmadamataia
verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia
bookmarkmadohi boo
adjective midnight
bookmarkmahaa
adjective broken up, cracked, burst
bookmarkmahedua
noun sneeze
bookmarkmalu
verb shade (under trees); lee (of wind)
bookmarkmangila
noun plantsp. (a type of ngaungau)
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)
bookmarkmasa boo
adjective mornings following nights during which the tide has gone out (which are good for looking for fish trapped on the reef)
bookmarkmmahi i de gai
eat more than seems appropriate to one’s body size
bookmarkmogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoanga
boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarknguu
adjective a faint sound, like humming
bookmarknoho muli
adjective overloaded in the stern (of a canoe)
bookmarknooligi
noun a small knife
bookmarkohua
verb characterized by having ohu
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkpoo mai
a unit of measurement (from the end of the extended thumb to the other side of the clenched fist)
bookmarksavini dua
adjective run backwards, move backwards fast
bookmarkse aha goe
you’re a nobody
bookmarkse ungaa husi gee
do something different from thatwhich was intended
bookmarksenga
crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarkssahu
adjective inquisitive, mischievous (as a child)
bookmarktahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
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