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agoago
noun taro fibers
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkanei ange maalie
these are exactly right
bookmarkbadai
adjective meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbongaa manu
noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)
bookmarkdahea gi lalo
sink (completely)
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdalodaloa
verb pray for
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdaumaha hagasaele
noun a meeting of church members for business
bookmarkde hua nei
this size
bookmarkdibo
noun infant
bookmarkdili dagidahi
happening continually but one at a time
bookmarkdili dai
adjective any current flowing away from the atoll
bookmarkdoi
verb
stain (permanent); any of a number ofhardwood saps
dolo
noun sugarcane
bookmarkdoo halehale me
risky, unreliable
bookmarkduulua
noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkga-hudi
noun plantsp.: treesp.: bananatree; banana (fruit)
bookmarkgabaduu
verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current
bookmarkganava
noun plantsp.: treesp.: cordiatree(cordia subcordata lam.)
bookmarkgano moana
noun open sea, far away from any land
bookmarkgauligi ange
younger than
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkgili malali
adjective
clean
ginigini
noun mollusksp.: tellinidae spp.; pharonella spp.)
bookmarkgoli manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkgolo me
adjective unforgiving
bookmarkgoloa duu biho
barber’s tools
bookmarkguao
noun
the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore
gubu madila
noun a joint of bamboo
bookmarkhaa llau
number four hundred
bookmarkhadugolaa
any stone of volcanic origin [imported from volcanic islands].
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagahebaa ngudu
adjective converse (conversation)
bookmarkhagamabulia
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhagassoe
verb straighten out; decide an issue (byhigher authority)
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai damana
adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)
bookmarkhai me dua nnui
do violently
bookmarkhanga benu
adjective to extract pandanus seeds by splitting the fruit
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
henua i lalo (alodahi)
noun world (lands other than nukuoro)
bookmarkhhali
verb scoop up (of solids only)
bookmarkhhanga de ngudu
open one’s mouth
bookmarkhhuge
verb open (something),uncover
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhuaadangada
noun persons of a certain class or type
bookmarkhulu i de lenga
to paint one’s body with tumeric
bookmarkiholia
verb useful for climbing down
bookmarklaangai milo sanga
a fishing condition in which fish arenot inclined to bite
bookmarklabodo-sisi
noun eelsp.: snakeeel
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarklodo degi
adjective having a forgiving nature
bookmarkluu hadu a moidigi
noun stone-like organs in the top of the head of flying fish
bookmarkmaagaga
adjective industrious
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmaangalo
verb sweet
bookmarkmadaa moni
noun prow of a canoe
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot
bookmarkmalau
adjective free from (esp. hardship or illnessafter having had it)
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanogo
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkngalue age
increased,augmented
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarkoda
verb eat (something) raw
bookmarkoho
verb to do something, or go somewhere, early in the morning
bookmarksaagahinoa
noun fishsp. (= small saabudu)
bookmarksabalia
verb be in a situation in which saba1
bookmarkseleia
verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish
bookmarkseni
sinsia
sobaga
fish sp. tang
bookmarktao o de moso
coconut frond spine which has fallen and stuck upright in the ground
bookmarktee langi
noun sky
bookmarktegi kano
tickled
bookmarktinana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandmother
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