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aahee laa
which were those
bookmarkaahee maa
about when (future); about how much
bookmarkaahulu
verb to leave food cooking overnight
bookmarkbasalia
verb be talked about (one person or thing only)
bookmarkbeluu
noun lizard; gecko
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkdadangi
adjective make noise repeatedly
bookmarkdaemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagua-loa
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdalaa mada
noun <= dalaa umada>
bookmarkdama doe
noun the fourth child born to a couple
bookmarkdama naale
noun a talkative, deceitful person
bookmarkdangaligi
noun type of basket
bookmarkdao beau
noun the wave following the highest one
bookmarkdau de madangi
be hit by (usually a strong) wind
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdeganoe
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdelaa laa ()
that there was it (was that it)
bookmarkdiiloo
verb look after; look at attentively
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusk sp., bivalve sp.
bookmarkdoloa
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdubua
noun a person of extraordinary ability
bookmarkdui moni
noun a fleet of canoes (in line)
bookmarkduu ngavesi
noun a cover of a box
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
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gailalopoli
adjective stingy
bookmarkganae oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgannui mada makaga
gannui which is firm
bookmarkgelogelo
verb having many depressions (e.g., a corrugated surface)
bookmarkgili hano
verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk
bookmarkgu oo ina mai
shout to announce important news (e.g., to announce the arrival of a ship)
bookmarkguba
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)
bookmarkhaahaangodalia
verb a place which has been fished in over and over
bookmarkhagadubu maduu paa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagaulu
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkhai saulaba
adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law
bookmarkhano laa uda
adjective go on foot
bookmarkheloongoi
adjective fit together with (match) each other; have an understanding with one another (e.g., as do lovers); understand one another
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhoolu
noun prow (bottom part)
bookmarkkano avaavaa
verb porous
bookmarkkono
adjective grunt (once)
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmaga de gau dogi
masturbate (of males only)
bookmarkmagau de lima
a paralyzed arm
bookmarkmalo huna
adjective breechclout
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmamu-duagaa
noun fishsp.: stingray
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
mantis shrimp
bookmarkmasaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkme bouli
the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkme ssalu lau
a scraper for leaves
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarknao baasua
verb to collect baasua
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarkpono
verb to close
bookmarksaa
noun a share of food (esp. for children)
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksambagidaa
sango
adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)
bookmarksigi de hagahala
collection (in church), offering (in chrch), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksii tae
diarrhea which escapes without one realizing (caused by eating oily fish)
bookmarksinga gee
lean away from
bookmarksobaga
fish sp. tang
bookmarksoe
adjective straight, not crooked; level
bookmarkssaga bau
sunu
an oil slick on the water’s surface
bookmarkuu duaa nui
broom.
bookmarkuubiho
head-first presentation of a fetus at birth
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
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