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aloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkbabu daaea
noun fish sp., snapper
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkboo i lalo o tangada
the last days of a person’s life
bookmarkbuni ange gi de gelegele
to have been dead for a long time
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdangada gai dangada
cannibal
bookmarkdangada hagao me
storekeeper
bookmarkdanuaa huu
it’s still ok no wonder
bookmarkdaula duu nui
noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground
bookmarkde heduu o taiao
noun morningstar
bookmarkdee ngado mai
forever,eternally
bookmarkdili dagidahi age
release one at a time or intermittently or sporadically
bookmarkdinae o de laa
ballooning of a sail
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell
bookmarkdooa
verb planted
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkduu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkduu lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduusaba
noun type of musical intrument which consists a stretched palm leaf that is blown in order to make sound
bookmarkgai ngole
verb wasteful,improvident
bookmarkgamai
adjective
bring to me, carry to me
ganae-oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgapua
verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)
bookmarkgili dalo
noun hillock
bookmarkgoo
noun tarospade
bookmarkgubu madila
noun a joint of bamboo
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhadu-uli
noun coralsp.: bluecoral
bookmarkhaele sala
adjective spoil (children), bringup (children) badly
bookmarkhagabasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkhagabolo
verb to include in one’s will
bookmarkhagabunidia
verb add up
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadotodi
verb walk with a limp (temporarily)
bookmarkhagaheiangi
verb act smart (openly)
bookmarkhagaheloongoi
verb compare; act as an intermediary or mediator; get acquainted with
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagalalo
verb angling (a fishing method)
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagamadaagi
verb to teach someone to madaagi
bookmarkhagamalo
verb provide clothes for
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagasaa
adjective quarrel (like children)
bookmarkhagasaalunga de langi
a member of the christian endeavor society
bookmarkhagasogosogoisi
verb
hagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhanohano dua
adjective suffer a setback; almost fall; gorge oneself; stagger backwards (e.g., under load)
bookmarkhongagainga
adjective urinate
bookmarki hee ai goe
you lose
bookmarklaaningi
noun sleeveless shirt
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarkllea
adjective
say loudly
lluu
adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarkma te
maatogo
verb discourage someone (verbally)
bookmarkmaaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmagalili tai
adjective flow (of tide)
bookmarkmagiaa
adjective envious, jealous (non-sexual jealousy)
bookmarkmaholehole
adjective scraped,scaled (fish)
bookmarkmahuge
maile
noun plantsp.: maile-scentedfern(polypodium scolopendria burm. f.)
bookmarkmaoli
a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarkmassanganga
adjective apart, widely spaced
bookmarkmaua laa
nevermind
bookmarkme ssalu lau
a scraper for leaves
bookmarkmilo gee
to turn the opposite way
bookmarkmmule
adjective slow,late
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkmuna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarknoho donu
adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)
bookmarknoho lalo
adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)
bookmarkosi
verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarksauligi
a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarkse ungaa husi gee
do something different from thatwhich was intended
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksugi launui
noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
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