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aduhale
adjective village, compound (aggregation of houses); go from house to house
bookmarkago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkahu
noun islet
bookmarkalaange
adjective allowed to, permissible
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkau ga sano
I give up
bookmarkbaa huu i --
just like
bookmarkbae mamu
noun fish weir
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbasa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbulu
noun the short fibers of the mature coconut husk
bookmarkbuni de ua
to be very thirsty
bookmarkbuni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkdaahili hagadaahao
adjective a song which is for amusement only (one which is not ’serious’, i.e., not religious)
bookmarkdalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdaohi taelodi
adjective keep a record of
bookmarkdau ama
noun the mast stay tied to the outrigger boom
bookmarkdee beaha
all rightit’s nothing
bookmarkdenaa donu
that is it for sure
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkditidi
adjective to skim across the surface of land or water
bookmarkdotodi
adjective limping (as an action)
bookmarkduanui
noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf
bookmarkduilaa gee
to be exceedingly unsuccessful with members of the opposite sex
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduudangaa solo
noun a package of solo (food) wrapped in coconut leaves and heated; flashlightbattery
bookmarkduulanga
noun the sector from which the wind blows
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgalemu
unclassified
gii age
cry out softly
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)
bookmarkhagabaa
verb to crack (as a nut)
bookmarkhagabiiginga
noun way of making sticky
bookmarkhagabunibuni
verb add together from different sources
bookmarkhagadoopeva
verb playatrickon
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagannagi
verb lean against
bookmarkhagauda i tege
carry a basket, etc., on one’s hip
bookmarkhai aoa ina
verb bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkhai baasi
adjective take sides against, oppose
bookmarkhaiva
noun work,activity,occupation
bookmarkholau
canoe house
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
ialona
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkiillangi
noun mollusksp.: conus litteratus
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkkii ange
verb increase
bookmarklalo ade
noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarkllabu
verb claw
bookmarkllie
noun the throat of the flying fish net
bookmarklodo gilimalali
noun pureness of heart, innocence
bookmarklua lodo
adjective undecided
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmagi hai dama
morningsickness (of pregnancy)
bookmarkmalanga
adjective
lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from
malo gahu
adjective shirt
bookmarkmami
verb taste (of something)
bookmarkmangunngungu
adjective the sound of something being chewed
bookmarkmanigangi
adjective satisfied completely in sexual intercourse
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmassagalala
verb burned (food)
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkme abo donu
real, true
bookmarkme mmala
noun bile
bookmarkmoe danuaa
adjective die in peace
bookmarkmouli dangada
noun delinquent person (periodically exhibiting bad behavior)
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarkngadi moana
noun <= laangai ngadi moana>
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarkodi iho
just finished
bookmarkoho boo
adjective to oho while still dark
bookmarksagana
verb watch carefully, keep an eye on
bookmarksaibo
adjective rush around (of a group of people)
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksili gee
stand out from (others in a group) in distane or height
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksoesoe gulu
a young breadfruit tree
bookmarkssuilebelebe
completely wet all over
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
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