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aboo nei

tonight (future)

adudai

noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)

ahe

verb return, go back

alahage

adjective wake up (from sleep)

angeange laa

the one following the one in question

au ga humai nei

"i’m going on my way now..."

baalasi saele

shine a flashlight indiscriminately on people

babaiangi ina

cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type

bakau doo

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

basa lilo

adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)

beea

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noun bear

biigia

verb be stuck to completely

bingibingi

noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)

bua

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noun a category of flowers that has five petals and a fragrant odor

buudunga

noun pile of, group of

daa taahili

adjective sing a melody

daaemai

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verb arrive

dagadagai

adjective tending to dagai

dagasisi

verb scoop out by inserting a knife between the meat and the shell (e.g., in cutting copra)

dagi gee

lead away from

dalaa

noun (small) piece of, part of

dale pilo

verb a game (like tag), to leave something unfinished after having tried only slightly

daohi i tua

learn by heart

daula duu nui

noun a rope used to lower a bunch of coconuts to the ground

de ia

the, thing, it

delaa nei ()

that there is it (is that there it)

denei naa loo

this seems to be

doo mua

adjective very

dua gaahanga

noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)

duadonu

adjective luck, good fortune

duha

verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)

duugunga o de henua

customs of the island (nukuoro)

e muni

verb hidden, be

gaadu

verb give (colloquial)

gabi

verb hold something between two (or more)other things; grab (between other things, e.g., fingers)

gau laagau

noun the shaft of a spear

gavange

adjective give or bring to (someone)

giba

verb swelling of the testicles

gide gauligi

verb to see from the perspective of a small child

ginogino

adjective inclined not to enjoy something (esp. food) by being overly sensitive to filth

golo age

continually golo voluntarily

gu aha

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why

gubu lima

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noun fist

gudu dangada

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noun head louse, lice

haangoda ina

<= haangodalia>

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagaahiahi

adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)

hagadaha

verb to stay at a distance; to keep one’s distance

hagadau kino

adjective hate each other

hagadubu o de adu

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagahoohanga

verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a placefor their nesting

hagamaadua

verb be oldest among

hagapasa

verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other

haingaa me

noun work requiring a large work force

hakoobai

verb put a hat on (someone)

hale baalanga

noun frame house

hanu ana dama

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verb have children

hhanga

split open, open up, or separate, all at once.

holasa

a type of mat [made especially for cult houses]

hoo senga

adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed

ise-ngaio

noun fishsp.: needlefish

laanui

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adjective big

lava

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verb finish

loha

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noun fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)

loigulu

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

lomolomosi

verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi

longo

adjective hear, feel; news

lugu

verb take or obtain something by force

luu duu

noun covers (of books), two halves

maagau

verb die (plural subj.)

maakau

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verb die (plural subj.)

maamaanadu

verb keep thinking about

mada galisi

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noun small green offshoots of the coconut tree trunk

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madaangahulu

numeral ten (objects)

madalama

noun Nukuoro (colloquial term)

madohi age

adjective reach halfway up

magau

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adjective dead

mahaa

adjective broken up, cracked, burst

mahi

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powerful

mahulu

noun wakefulness

malo gahu

noun collared shirt

mami age

taste (something) a little bit

manavasaa

adjective scared; afraid

manu solo maadau

file (for filing metal)

me mmala

noun bile

moa

noun the blossom of the banana tree

moe danuaa

die in piece

ngudu leelee

verb talkative,loquacious

odo

verb to roof (a house), to thatch (a house)

saalinga

noun street; road

savini

adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)

sinasinaa

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adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

singilidi

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noun shirt, t-shirt

solo

to grate or file something; to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food made from grated taro

sugi-laagoo

goatfish

taina ahine odogu damana

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noun paternal aunt

tala

rough in texture (as perceived at one time)

tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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tubuna aahine

noun grandmother