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aala anaboo

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verb stay up all night (pl.)

aapulu

adjective sink all at once

aausanga

noun way of leaving a wake

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

angi

verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)

baa ange

close to, near to

bala langi

noun rain

basa baubau

verb speak badly of someone

bogi

verb to plant taro slips

boo gi dai

the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset

booboo me

adjective massage (as a medical treatment)

bunaa

noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)

daabeduge

verb work seriously

dabeo

verb unclean,unkempt

daholaa

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noun December

daladala

adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish

dalahalu

noun plantsp.: treesp. (allophylustimorensis (dc.) bl.)

daula luu hadu

noun testicle cords

diinei de madangi

a decrease of wind velocity

dilimangali

verb to catch flying fish

doo sala

adjective accidentally

dua hagalalo

noun fishingline of a size appropriate for the hagalalo method of fishing

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)

dugu de laa

lower sail

duudae nguu

noun the inky excretion of the squid

gabi saele

adjective carry around holding

gada-laagau-ngaadai

noun fishsp.

gai me

adjective eat food

gau

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

geli

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verb dig

goloa hebagi

noun arms (tools of war)

goobai

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noun hat

goononga gee

to setarecord

haahaango

verb wakeup (someone) insistently

haahaangodalia

verb a place which has been fished in over and over

haangoda

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noun fishing

hagaaligi

verb install as a priest (of a cult)

hagabalabala

verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist

hagabolo

verb to include in one’s will

hagaboongia

verb remain somewhere until dark

hagadabu

verb restrict

hagaduu de uinga

to place stakes on the sides of uinga

hagallogo

noun chant (in the old religious ceremony)

hagaluelueia

verb repeatedly hagalueia

hagalulu de madangi

to attract the wind (by making certain noises)

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

haha

noun mouth odor

hai me gavia

do crazy things

hanga

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noun coconut husker

hano ge

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verb leave

helui

adjective diminution of

hoea

verb covered with sunburn blisters

honu tai

adjective high tide

hooia donu huu

at the best possible time or place

kena

noun pale; whitish yellow

kii mai

verb decreasing

laagau-bala-uda

noun driftwoodsp. (very soft)

laangi mua anaahi

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noun day before yesterday

laulau gai

a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

lavalava dui

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

loha

noun birdsp. (never seen live)

looloa

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adjective tall; long

luu ana

pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

maamaane

adjective light1 (in weight)

maanadu bodobodo

adjective limited in intelligence

manava duuia

adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

manu vaaligi

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noun insect

masausaua

verb be masausau

masavaa alodahi

noun always

matili

adjective come up quickly (like fast-sproutingplants or a quickly erupting skin disease)

mau

adjective to finish defecating

me abasasa

noun european things (gear, etc.)

me hagaahulu

prepared food

mmae tinae

adjective convulsed with laughter

modu

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noun islet

moni madagidagi

Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19

old canoes

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nabe

to look under the waistband or belt

ngadoa

verb to have ngado

ngalue age

increased,augmented

ngani mai

ngani toward oneself; fit (of clothes)

ngaungau-ulu

noun

ngongo

noun black bird species (eats fish)

nnamu

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adjective filthy with food (i.e., hands after eating)

obe

noun eye of the taro corm

oda

noun grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed

onoonogia

verb an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite

pasalia

verb be talked about (many persons or things)

seesee hagadibadiba

adjective waddle

sio

noun waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind

sisi

noun mollusksp.: neritidae spp.

sisi

verb write

somo

adjective grow, develop; coconutapple

tea age langi

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noun dawn

tilo ange

verb nurse; look after

tinana odogu damana

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noun paternal grandmother

uaua

vein, tendon, nerve, plastic filament

valea

moldy; to have been in place for a long time

velo de hagasii

a type of game