All lexicons

to bite

reaping knife; to reap grain

to shiver, quiver

dry up; low tide

snap the fingers; the sound produced by snapping the fingers

pinch off

avoid someone out of fear

to bite, gnaw

to knock, pound

cut, sever

pick, pluck, break off

flatulence, fart

to flicker

startled

close the eyes

to stand; straighten out

to blink, wink, momentarily close the eye

jerk, startled

to jerk suddenly, jump when startled

to start, jump when startled

to pinch, as with the nails

prefixed to a noun means ‘to get, obtain, collect, gather’ (noun)

allative marker: to, toward

oblique case marker for personal nouns

oblique case marker for singular personal nouns

fan; to fan

outrigger boom

to squawk, as a frightened chicken

to wave the hand, to fan oneself

puling sound of a bird

to flap, clash together

narrow

nibble or gnaw at

short-tailed; cropped, of the tail

sound of frightened cheeping

sound of chattering or loud talk

soothing sound of humming activity, twittering, etc.

shrill cry

body part

(gloss uncertain)

miss, crave, long for something

moving about rapidly or restlessly

eyebrow

close the eyes

to tickle

to file, rasp

chant or sung narrative

creaking sound; to creak

a peep, squeak, giggle

Bismarck scrub fowl: Megapodius eremita

kingfisher, Halcyon spp.

small, stunted

to squeak, as a mouse; to giggle

a file, rasp

small, trifling

marine fish sp.

crooked, winding

tail

wild; skittish (as animals)

flash, sparkle

shine, flash repeatedly

to know (a person), recognize, be acquainted with; to feel, perceive

(gloss uncertain)

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kind of fermented drink

flash, sparkle

quick, fast

lightning

lightning

lightning

open the eyes wide

eat raw meat

luminous, brilliant, full of light

to eat raw fish or meat

wag, shake back and forth

glance, glimpse

to turn over, to dig by turning over, as rocks

edge

shudder

to tickle

carried under the arm or on the hip

be carried under the arm

armpit

ringing of a bell

leaning sideways, listing (as a boat)

ringing of a bell

to carry at the side or on the hip, pressed under the arm

gnaw meat off bones

curve

to bend, curve; bent, curved, crooked

winding, full of curves or deviations

giant clam, Tridacna gigas

flash, sparkle, twinkle

blink; flash

blink, wink, close the eye briefly

lump, lumpy

lump

lame, walk with a limp

deflate, shrink

twitch, jerk; keep moving the lips