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adu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkalahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkbaa iho
adjective low (in altitude)
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbaalasi de ada
to take a picture
bookmarkbalangi
noun fish sp., tang
bookmarkbangadala
noun fish sp.: seabass
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkdaahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdabuia
verb to dabui at one time
bookmarkdaholaa/a
noun december
bookmarkdangada abadai
noun european persons (including americans)
bookmarkdanu de laa
the setting of the sun
bookmarkdenaa sili
that is enough
bookmarkdiba
adjective not level, tipped to one side
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkduu mugamuga
half of an unripe coconut; buttock
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkeu doo
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgaanoni
noun
an omen of death
gagu
well-mannered
bookmarkgalua
verb having viscous sputum
bookmarkgau mai moni
noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)
bookmarkgavadu
adjective
give or carry (something) to you
gede gabi de husi
noun
a type of basket
gide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgoso
adjective bothered, annoyed
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkhaanau ssene
adjective yield interest
bookmarkhadu mangeo
noun cushion starfish
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagaau aloha
adjective poor (not rich)
bookmarkhagadabanimeeli
verb to make payment for medical treatment
bookmarkhagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put someone into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagadalea
verb
make someone tired
hagaduasala
verb suffer,punish
bookmarkhagagalele
verb teach to galale
bookmarkhagailonga ange agina
assign (someone) to; use something as a landmark
bookmarkhagatevea
verb <= hagatevelia>
bookmarkhai me
verb industrious
bookmarkhainamanilaluoo
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhano mouli
adjective disappear alive (esp. into another world)
bookmarkhhoa
verb crack open; break into pieces; cut a hole in
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkholehole
verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)
bookmarkhua nnui
adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhulo gee
go away
laangidabu
time noun sunday
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarklie
noun lice eggs
bookmarklongo
adjective hear, feel; news
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkma te hakii
the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmagaahi
noun embers
bookmarkmahidi
adjective
separated from and curled up from
malillili
adjective to feel the nibbling of fish on a fishing line
bookmarkmalinolino ~ malimalino
verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu-daa-uga
noun <= goehau>
bookmarkmanu-de-boo
noun centipede
bookmarkmasavavvava
adjective having many holes (like a screen)
bookmarkmmaunga
noun way of memorizing, (way of havingmemorized)
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmuli moni
noun stern
bookmarkngadi uaa
adjective assent to insincerely
bookmarkomaadeu
pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkoso
verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)
bookmarksaavale ina
fish or meat which is watery in texture and bad tasting
bookmarksausaunga
adjective continually saunga
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarkseloo
numeral millions
bookmarksigi
verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksoe age
straight up; decide (for oneself)
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ulumonu
porpoise
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