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aasii

noun drum (native)

alamooi

noun june

anaa muhuu

how about those

anei ange maalie

these are exactly right

baa iho

adjective low (in altitude)

baba donu

adjective properly settled

boli

verb take special care of

boolonga

noun testament

daangahulu dala buni

ten dollar bill

dabagau

noun a type of floor mat

dae gi oona

be tops

dahi daalaa

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dahi-malali

time noun the first number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

dai hiigai

adjective hungry

dama legalega

noun baby, infant

dangada lo te gohu

noun unenlightened person

dao dahuuhuu

noun ridgepole (lower)

datada de galomada

twitching of an eye

daumaha daamada

noun the morning prayer service (before the major church service)

dee vaagidee

adjective ugly, awful; extremely disappointing

delaa tee madea

hard to tellapart from; resemble closely

doolohi

verb chase,run after

duge

noun either side of a recession in the top of a duludulu

duuli lua

verb a method of throwing one’s opponent inwrestling

e hanohano

have diarrhea

gaadinga osi

noun a coconut selected as a seedling

gaba de aasanga

noun a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gabugabu

shore

gai modo

verb eat when still unripe

gai nnao

adjective eat messily

gaiaa

verb steal, dishonest, cheat; to ask or accept too readily

galo saele

adjective look around (moving one’s body about)

gamedi vai salo

a type of bowl

ganimuli

noun the second child of a couple

gasigi

noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)

gava uli

reef heron - grey phase

gave ala

a method of planting mats

geli

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verb dig

golo me

adjective unforgiving

gubu vae

foot, ankle

hadu lalo

noun a stone on which hermit crabs are crushed (to use for bait)

hagabuulinga dangada

noun tribe

hagadangadanga

verb loosen

hagadiba

verb incline to one side

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagammidi

verb suction of a sea current, undertow

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagapilo

verb let decay; allow to stink

hagassege i hegau

procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work

hai galauna

adjective fish with the galauna net

hai mainu

verb collect bait

hala

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noun pandanus plant

halehale dagodo lodo

nauseated

haoli

verb cover up

hegahega

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henua gai dangada

noun land of the cannibals’ (esp. new guinea)

hhedu

verb fold up (several folds), roll up

hidi

verb to topple over ; stand on one’s hands ; getup (from a sitting position) ; cause of

hua manu gai

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noun fruit

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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hulei

verb to have done the act of hhule

imu-uli

noun fishsp.: triggerfish

ivi o de biho

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noun skull

kaa

noun mangrovecrab

kadi gauve

to clench one’s teeth from the cold

kai

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noun story (fictional, such as a fairy tale)

kivi

adjective skinny (people, animals)

laangaa

verb to plait completely

latabagea

noun an ornament made of turtle shell

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

lele mouli

adjective surprised

lili baasi gee

accuse someone (in an argument, usually between spouses) of taking sides withanother family member

lodo dagidahi

have differing views (within a group of people)

maagaga

adjective industrious

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

madaangahulu

numeral ten (objects)

madalama

noun tip of coconut palm leaf

madavaivai

noun a type of knot used in net-making

mahedua

noun sneeze

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

manu gulu

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breadfruit leaves

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manuia

adjective fortunate,lucky,blessed

mmenengia mai

discourage (someone) about something

muna de henua

noun the nukuoro language

nngahu

noun fishsp.: damselfish

nohoanga hodooligi

the place where the chief lives (at the moment)

nuinui

noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

pasalia

verb be talked about (many persons or things)

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

sanga

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fornicate, have sexual intercourse

seaha

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sii talaa umada

a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast

sisi gaadinga

to cut copra

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

sogosogo

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orphaned

tainadaane o dogu bodu

noun brother in law

tili aalanga

exhausted (physically or mentally); discouraged; completely relaxed

uuvae

feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth

valaai hagasili lodo

a medicine taken to reduce one’s anger, or any other strong emotion