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aagonga i lunga
noun social class of chiefs and priests
bookmarkaahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkalaa muna
word <= dalaa muna>
bookmarkanei muhuu
how about these
bookmarkanga gee
turn one’s attention away from
bookmarkanumanga
noun dancing party
bookmarkbaasi madau
adjective right side, right-handed
bookmarkbibi-maadau
noun mollusk sp.: arcophagia scobinata
bookmarkbinge
adjective pink
bookmarkbuubuu
verb divination
bookmarkdaahanga ange
give pleasure to someone by giving himsomething
bookmarkdagasisi
verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)
bookmarkdagoobala
verb fall on something and smash it
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdahuli de lodo
change of heart, change one’s mind, repent
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdauaalo
verb steady paddling
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdelaa ange naa
about that
demeenaa
that one where you are
bookmarkdena
that
bookmarkdibononi
noun the youngest child of a couple
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdilongaagau
verb voyeurism
bookmarkdoli de henua
to defeat all comers
bookmarkdona
noun wart, mole (raised)
bookmarkdoo ma gu...
fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkdui moni
noun a fleet of canoes (in line)
bookmarkduu de ogaanga
having husked many coconuts (as evidenced by the many husks lying about)
bookmarke muni
verb hidden, be
bookmarkeleele
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgaha nuui
adjective having green coconuts (of a coconut tree)
bookmarkgai busibusi
verb take the bait tentatively (of fish)
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgauligi daane
noun male child,boy
bookmarkgegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkgoe iloo
it’s up to you
bookmarkgoehau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)
bookmarkgolee bukaliaa
gu soe donu
unmistakably, for certain
bookmarkgulu malali
breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahaangoda ange
prowl around (to attack)
bookmarkhagaau aloha
adjective poor (not rich)
bookmarkhagabaa
verb to crack (as a nut)
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhagasaalunga ange
call (someone) by the name of his name-group
bookmarkhai saulaba
adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law
bookmarkhano ai huu
forever
bookmarkhedae
adjective meet up with; be even with each other
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhilo hagamaasui
verb
to braid sennit with the left hand;
hodooligi
adjective chief (of the island)
bookmarkhoe
noun a canoepaddle
bookmarkhonua
verb filled with
bookmarkili luu bongaa usu
kano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarkkivi
adjective thin (bony)
bookmarklango beau
verb a method of lashing the outrigger float to the outrigger struts
bookmarkllilo
adjective able to be hooked
bookmarklodo mao lalo
characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit
bookmarklodo me muimui
in the bush (uncleared area)
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmadaa sele
noun loop of a lasso or noose
bookmarkmagi luduludu
adjective the tremor (as though chilled) of a sick person
bookmarkmalanga
adjective
lifted up; departed (as a ship); separate from
manu-manga-lua
noun insectsp.: scorpion
bookmarkmaohaoha
adjective broken up (into many pieces or groupings)
bookmarkmoloa
verb knotted (of hair)
bookmarkmoni hai gubenga
noun a canoe rigged for gubenga fishing
bookmarkngago gaagoo
noun chicken egg
bookmarkngii
verb a high-pitched sound
bookmarkodi ai loo
that’s the end that’s all
bookmarkpili
adjective boring
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksavali
hungry
bookmarkseni alaala
adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety
bookmarksibasiba
verb to walk off-balance
bookmarkssii
broken into many pieces (as glass when dropped)
bookmarksumu ina
to make diamond-shaped designs in plaiting, or lashing
bookmarktahi-laangi
noun Monday (’first day’)
bookmarkubu loada
a coconut shell used for expectoration
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