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aloha ina
helpful toward
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkbadabaataianga
noun
balu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkbii o madahasi
a certain kind of phosphorescence in seawater at night
bookmarkbolo iho
adjective to make oneself the beneficiary of a will which one has made for another
bookmarkbuu ili
daadaanga
noun appearance of
bookmarkdabadaballahi
adjective more-or-less thin
bookmarkdaelodo dau
noun a large enough number to "count"
bookmarkdagodo adu
appear there (from here)
bookmarkdama legalega
noun baby, infant
bookmarkdatada
verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
bookmarkdau ange
depend upon (e.g., for sustenance)
bookmarkdelaa loo
that was it
bookmarkdidianga
noun the manner of wearing one’s didi
bookmarkdili dangada
adjective to fail to discharge one’s obligations to help (esp. one’s kin)
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdoli iho
adjective to obtain the biggest first
bookmarkduiaanga
noun the way in which something is stuck by a sharp object
bookmarkdumanu
noun appearance,situation
bookmarkdumuagi
noun top of the head, bare hilltop
bookmarkduu nui
adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngaadai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkganabu
noun the base of a coconut tree trunk
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhagabido
verb
carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end
hagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagadaubodobodo
verb shorten (time or rope)
bookmarkhagadubu o de moe
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadubuna
verb treat as dubuna
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagamele
verb
hagaoda-lolo
noun fishsp. (= large llahi)
bookmarkhagaodi
verb end of (e.g., time)
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhakolona
noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)
bookmarkhale baalanga
noun frame house
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhevaalogi
adjective the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhidi de mamu dunu
curling up of fish (when cooked)
bookmarkhodahoda
adjective gasp for breath (more than once)
bookmarkhuaahai
verb expertise
bookmarkilo
noun worm
bookmarkivi sulu
noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)
bookmarkkii mai
verb decreasing
bookmarkkona
adjective very, too much
bookmarklima-laangi
time noun friday (’fifth day’)
bookmarkluu duu
noun covers (of books), two halves
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkluu ogu
pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkma ai
and who
bookmarkmaanga
noun mouthful or spoonful of food
bookmarkmagi labua gee
upset stomach (nausea)
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalangalanga
adjective repeatedly (or becoming) malanga
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmammamu
noun fish (in children’s speech only)
bookmarkmaoli
a suspicion which proves to be true
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmidomido
noun end of (e.g., a stick)
bookmarkmoana
noun open sea, the atmosphere
bookmarkmuli mai ange
a little later, byandby
bookmarkngaaheahe
verb taro which is watery or gummy
bookmarkngali
grind
bookmarkngalongalo
adjective forgetful,absent-minded
bookmarkngavesi
box, coffin, crate
bookmarknohoanga hodooligi
the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
bookmarksabanaana
a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksae mai
break through the bush (toward one)
bookmarksali ssavale
salivate
bookmarksaubaligi
verb graceful in dancing
bookmarkse aha
what is it
bookmarkseesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarkseesee hagadibadiba
adjective waddle
bookmarksoe lodo modu
to remain (or sit, or stand) motionless (as when praying)
bookmarksomo
verb grow, develop; coconut apple
bookmarksseni
ulungaa iga
a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.
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