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agibenidol shaped like a man; silhouette half-length carved wooden figure with vertical projections between the arms and torso to which, in ancestral times, human skulls were hung/attached4.9.8.1Idol
agogoiafreqagogoutivpull down and destroy something, such as a house
agogoutionceagogoiaselfaragogoutivdismantle, pull down and destroy a series of items, such as houses
ahecfuumintaro variety
ahebuiꞌavplace in between, go intoKoriri ahebui'a rirai uu'ui-da. Put the cotton into the eye of the needle.Odau ahebui'a ruai-da.Go into the room.
aheeꞌevsplit it open7.9.1Damage
ahemaivdive, dive into waterAhemai oboi goroi eito. Dive into the water
aheꞌeaicfaaheꞌeaipliaheꞌev1pull off a leaf or bunch of fruit from a palm tree1.5.2Palm2pull something open
ahinscraped coconutGo'atai ahi iiho.Eat the coconut scrapings
ahiaunspec. var.ahiotransemahiafreqahiutipliahiaselfirahiavt1cut one thing down, cut one thing off, cut one thing open Duoduoi moo-ro piridiai dui eꞌeboi-ka, irahiai-ka.In the morning I went up, and chopped the sago palm down.Roo umoi-da ma-opai du giꞌepu-ha ma-ahiai.You cut down the shoot of a sago palm.Kiauka pitoi uromati-da emagauriai-ka, aiha podau magore ahiai.When that happened, the cuscus jumped off his bed, and went to cut some bamboo.Ruu-ro patu gaaꞌu dubai ahiai, ka itai.She cut down a bunch of patu-ga'u banana bananas and cooked them.6.1Work2traverse, go throughEhei ahiai-ka, Imi Veraibari hapuo tamai ohuꞌo didiꞌoi-ka.I came through the passage, and came out at the Imi River end of the passage.7.2.4Travel
ahibai to transemahibaivhard to solve or carry
ahieꞌeiunspec. var. ofahiouꞌou
ahimodiivtouch something briefly8.5.1.5Touching, contact
ahiounspec. var. ofahia
ahiouadvhereKeito-ka moo odii ahiou-da oropoiꞌo.Thank you, my story ends here.9.1.5General adverbs
ahiouꞌouunspec. var.ahieꞌeiadvover here9.1.5General adverbs
ahiutionceahiaahiounspec. var. ofahiamanyiahiutiselfarahiuti1vcut one thing multiple times
ahiꞌiifreqiahiꞌiitimanyiahiꞌiivtake out (of bag)
ahiꞌiiaivdepart, leave, paddle offRimo aiha piroroumo peei-da, ka ahiꞌiiai-ka.We got into the canoe and paddled off.7.2.4Travel
ahiꞌoofreqahiꞌoutivtake water out of something, such as from a drum or a canoeDaramui oboi ahi'oo.Draw water from the drum.
ahiꞌoutionceahiꞌoovrepeatedly take water out of something, such as when bailing a canoeRuu pei ahi'outi-ha, pomodau imei iohoi.He bailed out his canoe, and went to look for crabs.
ahoiavplace in between
ahoorutivshock face to face (?!)
ahootavdump, forcefully put downRuu-ro du beromoi ai-omiai, ida ahootai.She lifted the sago bundle and dumped it.
ahorofreqiahorutiv1start to weaveRoo rio-ra hito ahoroi, epui roo umoiꞌai buꞌi eito.If you want to weave the bag called "hito", first you go to the bush.Roo ahoroi seroi aibo omotuiꞌai.All you have to do is weave it like sero.6.6.4.2Weaving baskets and mats2gently move something up and down, such as when bouncing a baby or moving something back and forth in the water to remove the mudMeree daodaoi aiha ahoro'a. "You must not bounce the newborn baby.