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abo

adjective capable, correct (suitable), true; feel comfortable

agilau

verb pugnacious

aha bagua

noun driftwood sp. (resembles bagua)

alili

noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma

anei ai

these (here) only

angaanga

noun body

baaini gi lalo

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verb lie down

balabalavini

adjective clumsy by nature; awkward by nature

balavini

adjective clumsy, awkward (e.g., in carriage)

balu daaea

noun fish sp.

beabeau

verb choppy seas

beelu

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noun lizard

daa hagapodo

verb

daane abo donu

noun gentleman,person who is good

daane ssili dala

special one,important one

daemahadia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagua

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noun tuna

dahi seene

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noun penny

dama ssege

noun a foetus which has been aborted

dau haanau

noun a period during which many children areborn

davage

noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)

deai ma gi dahi

none at all as you should very well know

deai me ao ai

useless

deganoe

noun part of the female genetalia

degidegi

adjective having a kind or generous nature

demeenei

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denaa ange naa

about that (here), much more

dogaa

adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed

doo

noun an evil scheme

doo de hatuli

the’falling of thunder’

dotodi

adjective limping (as an action)

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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dugu de gumigumi

allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven

duu de --

make a string figure

duudae maadau

noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>

ga aha

and then did what

gabaduu

verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current

gadagada-a-vaga

noun a very small tuna

gapua

verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)

gau

noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)

gavia

noun crazy person; insane person

geao

noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)

gelu-hai-vaelo

noun fishsp.: tang

giligili tai

horizon

goobai dada

noun umbrella

haangaa lodo i de gai

be continually hungry, owing to having a distended stomach from regularly eating too much

hagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, etc.

hagaduu me

miserly

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagapago sala

adjective unfortunate result

hagassogalia

verb

hagatale ange

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hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hanga benu

adjective to extract pandanus seeds by splitting the fruit

henua mounga

noun a land where there are mountains (a high island or a continental land mass)

hhao

verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)

hilohilo ma eidu

a sorcerer able to take human or non-human shapes

hola

verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.

hoohoo ina

to frighten with sounds

hua nnui

adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)

huaahuu

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)

igauli-sissisi

noun fishsp.: tang

lagohia

verb wounded

langadia

verb able to remain afloat with a load

lava ai donu huu

forget it

lele vae

adjective jump feet first

maaloolo

adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)

mada

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madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

mahana age

heartburn <>

malemale

noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body

manava bodo

adjective shortness of breath

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

matolu

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number thirty

me hagaahulu

prepared food

mee mmala

noun gallbladder

mmili mmili

verb to sift; rub between fingers

mmoli

verb haul (all at once or as fast as possible)

moe

adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)

moloa

verb knotted (of hair)

muli mai ange

a little later, byandby

nanu

adjective grumble, complain

nebunebua

verb be nebunebu

ngadi gavadu

adjective a gift (to the hearer); a present (to the hearer)

ngago gaagoo

noun chicken egg

saaluanga

noun a scratch (on the skin)

sagea

verb to do something without regard for others (because one is excited)

se hagabau

do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean

se me gi hee

in which direction is the current running

senga manu

adjective stupid (like an animal)

sileia doo soa

look, your neighbor is competing against you

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

tahi-laangi

noun Monday (’first day’)

taina ahine

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noun sister

tea age langi

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noun dawn

teungaalodo

noun middle (of something round); center

tigo

defecate

unusaagi

deception

vasu

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