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abuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkadu
noun conglomerate, islet
bookmarkanaa donu
those only
bookmarkanei ange
and these (here)
bookmarkanga gi lodo
adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkasu
verb scoop up (liquids only), spoon
bookmarkau dili dai
an ocean current flowing away from land
bookmarkbala
adjective soft, mushy, offering no resistance
bookmarkbigibigi
adjective more-or-less close to
bookmarkbogo
verb take something, steal something
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
daaganga
noun kind of, sort of, variety of
bookmarkdaane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdaasele
verb to swing a rope (in a jump rope game) so as to cause the jumper to trip
bookmarkdaelodo
noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu
bookmarkdaelodo odi ange
evennumber
bookmarkdagilanea
adjective each having a lot
bookmarkdahea iho
adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not
bookmarkdalia
noun plantsp.
bookmark
dangodango
verb repeatedly grab
bookmarkdaudu
noun fishsp.: spinypuffer
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdee ni dago
never mind
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdenei ai huu
this is it still
bookmarkdiinei mai
make smaller; decrease
bookmarkdogaa
adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed
bookmarkdoo ma gu...
fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkduumaa de gelegele
numeral trillion (a million million)
bookmarkgabi saele
adjective carry around holding
bookmarkgabia
verb held firmly (under the arm or between the fingers, etc.)
bookmarkgalevaleva
noun birdsp.
bookmarkgalo ahi
verb sparks
bookmarkganimago
noun mollusksp.: malea pomum
bookmarkgano dea
the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgatae
fishing net (attached to a frame or handle)
bookmarkgau
noun handle,appendage
bookmarkgavagava
noun weather-hardened black driftwood
bookmarkgide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgolomagi
verb patient, (not impetuous); restrained (not prone to act on impulse)
bookmarkguboa
verb being used in connection with group activity
bookmarkhaanau ssene
adjective yield interest
bookmarkhaangoda dua beau
a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagaduu i luu goo
hagasae gili
verb pierce the skin superficially
bookmarkhagasegedia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagassoe
verb straighten out; decide an issue (byhigher authority)
bookmarkhaihai me
verb be doing something suspicious
bookmarkheiangi
adjective smart, intelligent, clever
bookmarkhhanga de ngudu
open one’s mouth
bookmarkhhogi
a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle
bookmarkhologumu
adjective (for a fish) to swallow a hook so that it becomes stuck in the throat
bookmarkhonu tai
high tide
bookmarkkii
adjective win,overcome
bookmarkkona
adjective very, too much
bookmarklangi haanau
noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)
bookmarklele vae
adjective jump feet first
bookmarkllou
hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
loigulu
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkluu ogu
pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmagau donu i de lodo
want desperately
bookmarkmagi libolibo
dizziness or vertigo (as achronic condition or illness)
bookmarkmahi loa
adjective tireless
bookmarkmaisi
adjective peeled off
bookmarkmalo aahine
noun dress
bookmarkmalo gulu
noun
barkcloth
manenga
noun fishsp. (= a very large balagia, 3-4 feet long)
bookmarkmolimoli
verb to take up slack in a line with hitches in order to maintain tension on something being hauled
bookmarkmomme hagadaahao
noun playground
bookmarkmuli lele
noun the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkngauda
adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman
bookmarkngisi
verb a squeaking sound
bookmarkngu te lodo
noun the edge of the lagoon reef
bookmarkoha
break, break up, destroy; damage, ruin
bookmarksaaluanga
noun a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksaavale
noun spit, saliva
bookmarksaavale
verb spit,drool,sputum
bookmarksagea
verb to do something without regard for others (because one is excited)
bookmarksiga
verb
to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool
sisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarkunahi
scale (of a fish)
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