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aahee laa
which were those
bookmarkaasanga
verb a watercourse between islets on the atoll
bookmarkaasolo
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkabongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkataula
noun anchor rope
bookmarkbangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbelu
noun lizard sp.
bookmarkbigibigi
adjective more-or-less close to
bookmarkbiigia
verb be stuck to completely
bookmarkbulu
noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk
bookmarkbunaa hoe
noun an eddy left by a paddle stroke
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdagai
adjective move jerkily, flail (one’s legs), flounder about
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkde hine ga haibodu
noun bride
bookmarkdelaa nei ()
that there is it (is that there it)
bookmarkdoga de manu
nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu
bookmarkdoli iho
adjective to obtain the biggest first
bookmarkdulivai
noun a type of coconut (reddish in color)
bookmarkdungagi
verb nod (one’s head)
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarkduubulei
noun head of the penis
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgabe
verb gouge out
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngauda
noun fishsp.: rudderfish
bookmarkgana
noun bad person
bookmarkgasi
noun mollusksp.: asaphis dichotoma
bookmarkgau mai vaga
noun <= gau mai moni>
bookmarkgavange
adjective
give or bring to (someone)
gave ua loa
a long-distance footrace
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkgoede
noun octopus
bookmarkgona
noun belly button
bookmarkgoonanga
noun a record set by an individual (or team)
bookmarkgu gide huu
spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)
bookmarkguuduma
noun a (dry) elevation in the taro bog; hillock (in the taro bog only)
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhaaligi
verb wrap from under, wrap around; to wrap something (e.g., a present)
bookmarkhadu-maadau
noun
coralsp.
hagadubu o manu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagamabua
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhaoli
verb cover up
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhevaalogi
the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhhali lo te laagau
a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkhono
verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)
bookmarkhulu
verb apply liquid on,smear on
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkhusi
taro bag, swamp
bookmarkina-gi-hale
noun a row of thatch
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
noun pelvicbone
bookmarklaa ange
and those there
bookmarklamu dada
verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)
bookmarklangona iho maahana
feel punished or victimized
bookmarklao
noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarkleanga
noun bad person
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkluungagi
verb to be in a place protected from the wind, lee
bookmarkmaangalo
sweet
bookmarkmahedua
sneeze
bookmarkmaido
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmalillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmanu dudu dangada
noun
insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)
manu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkmouli danuaa
easy living, a good life
bookmarknao
verb to extract by gouging out with a finger
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarknngaolia
verb noise (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck, punishment
bookmarkpoo ange
touch (someone or something with the hand)
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
senga
adjective crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarksengalia
verb deceived, fooled; made dependent upon(e.g., gifts)
bookmarksiisiia
verb fished in (place)
bookmarksisi
verb write
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarktainaahine o dogu bodu
noun sister-in-law
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkubu loada
a coconut shell used for expectoration
bookmarkvaalanga
made up (of a story only)
bookmarkvasega
apprehensive, nervous, anxious (in social contexts)
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