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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkabulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkagu age
say out loud
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkalaa donu
those there only
bookmarkbaalanga tea
noun stainless steel
bookmarkbalu
verb to bring one’s hands and arms (or wings) down or back once (as in waving, swimming, or the flapping of a bird’s wings)
bookmarkbanuunu
basa maalie
adjective speak moderately
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkboonei
noun fish sp.: damselfish
bookmarkbua maliaa
bulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkdaa iho
adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)
bookmarkdaahanga
verb fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkdabuvae sisi
noun little toe
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdai deeai
almost none
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdalaehala
verb pricked
bookmarkdale
verb touch (two or more things being in contact); strike (a match)
bookmarkdaledale
verb repeatedly touch lightly
bookmarkdangau-laha
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdau bodobodo
adjective to tie at the end of a short tether
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdee baa tae
stay for only a very short time
bookmarkdee hagabaulia
underestimate,misjudge
bookmarkdenaa ai
therefore (with respect to this, there near you, or concerning, you)
bookmarkdenei ange maalie
this is exactly right
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgabi saele
adjective carry around holding
bookmarkgai lima dahi
to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkgai lima lua
eat greedily (with both hands)
bookmarkgaime
verb eat (intransitive)
bookmarkgainga o de moana
fish (when abundant in the ocean nearby)
bookmarkgau laagau
noun the shaft of a spear
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
hagaaha
verb cause to do what
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to have been sufficient, relieve
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagadibadiba
verb rock back and forth to one side
bookmarkhagahahine
adjective treat as a woman
bookmarkhagammahi
verb persevere, try hard to
bookmarkhagatolongia
verb slack off completely on (a rope)
bookmarkhagatulu mai
ooze out
bookmarkhagausi
darkening of the sky or clouds (a sign of impending rain)
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhale langadala
noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)
bookmarkhale nnoa
noun prison,jail
bookmarkhangaabo
verb the fitting together of the two halves of something, so that it is closed
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhao
verb drill through,burrow
bookmarkhhuda
adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time
bookmarkhuaa me
a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
bookmarklaho
aerial foot of the pandanus tree
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarkleengia
verb jump on; be flown into
bookmarkma gi
in order to
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmadohi lua
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway
bookmarkmagi kino
adjective loss of appetite
bookmarkmagi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmaisi
adjective peeled off
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmodu mai (adu, ange)
become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession
bookmarknanumia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarknnoo
adjective covetous,envious
bookmarkoda
verb eat (something) raw
bookmarkonge
famine
bookmarksabalia
verb be saba2
bookmarksaunga
adjective having an unpleasant bodyodor
bookmarksigi
verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
bookmarksigo ina uavesi
don’t forget
bookmarkssee de hiigai
famished, ravenous
bookmarksugi launui
noun the tip of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarkuadanga
an intermittent downpour of rain - considered an omen of birth, death, or the arrival of a ship
bookmarkvvela de aloha
feel very sorry for
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