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aabi

noun room (of a house)

aasii

noun drum (native)

aha bagua

noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)

anga

adjective pay attention to (notice), be aware of

baa donu

adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)

bagibagi

noun

biigonga

noun a curve, way of being bent

bosu

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adjective full (after eating)

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noun type of shell (Triton’s trumpet)

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daamada age

adjective start again

dada de ava

a strong current in the channel

daedae

verb to catch continuously with a hand net

daihadu

verb hardwood in the tree trunk

dama doo

noun a foetus which has been aborted

dangada hua dahili

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noun singer

dangau-laha

noun fishsp.: snapper

dauleelage

noun fishsp.: blenny

dee anga

forgetful, absent-minded

deganoe

noun a part of the female genitalia

delaa naa loo

that there could be it

denei au

it is i

devedeve

adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

dua duiagi

noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)

duaa nui

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broom

dugu de laa

lower sail

dungu

verb smell (something)

duu age

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verb stand up

duula

noun the direction from which the wind blows

galo

adjective look at, stare

galohia

verb attractive to members of the opposite sex

gaso

roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)

gida ma gida

each individual...

goli manu

adjective pick flowers

goonanga

noun a record set by an individual (or team)

gubo

verb work with concentration in the midstof a group

haa daha

noun the outer coconut palm frond

haanau

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verb born, be

haele sala

spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.

hagadaga age

improving

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagamalo

verb provide clothes for

hagamoolaua

verb cause to hurry

hagaodea

the time at which it is midday

hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane

urinate (piss)

hagatoo donu

verb promise, contract1 with; swear to the truth of

hai de hilihili

hold an election

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hai me mule me

habitually slow or late

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hale hagao me

store

hatinga

noun crook of the knee or elbow

hhadu

adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)

hugadoo

unclassified all (of things)

hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

hune

noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

ioonga

noun way of giving

itebuubuu

noun insectsp.: grasshopper

koi

verb scrape (a single act), scraper

langi maakau

noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death

leanga

noun bad person

leba

verb flap in the wind (like a flag)

leuleu

adjective becoming leu

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

llahi

adjective thin (pl.)

llava ai

wrapped (tied) around; eat fish ormeat with a meal

loada

noun sputum

luu duu de maduu

social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society

maalioso

adjective die,dead (persons or animals)

maanessala

adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else

maanu

adjective to float in place (not drifting) on the surface of the water (with no anchor)

madaa sele

noun loop of a lasso or noose

madalua

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madamataia

verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

magi hanohano

adjective diarrhea

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

maleasa

noun fishsp. : tang (a kind of igauli)

malillili

adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line

malingi

adjective spilled, poured out

manu aabi

noun kite

manu-alioo

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

me hagasengasenga

noun riddle,parable

me ne modu

decision

moe tao

adjective sleep soundly

momo loo huu

just a very little

moni

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noun canoe

mulo

verb rollup

nanu

adjective grumble, complain

ngadi diinonga

pagan gods, idols

savasavala

adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy

se gainga

abundant

seni alaala

adjective sleep fitfully (esp. because one is thinking about having to arise early); wakeup repeatedly owing to anxiety

singilidi

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noun t-shirt

sivi

adjective giveup

taina daane

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noun brother

te langi

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noun sky

too gee

clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)

uhi daguu

turtle ribs, used as knives in rituals