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adu

noun fishclub (priest)

baasua

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noun clam

basa gee

speak (or express oneself) strangely

bigo

adjective bent; bedridden with illness

biliisi

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noun bridge

bugubugunga

noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance

buni lunga ma lalo

a pitch black night

daahili dau soa

a lovesong

dagu made

perhaps,maybe

dai hieunu

adjective thirsty

damaahine

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noun daughter

dau gai

noun the season in which seasonally available food is abundant

dau i tua

memorize

dau malino

verb an area of the sea which is dead calm

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

de mee laa

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that one (over there)

deai ange

no more, no other

denei ai

therefore (with respect to this here)

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

dodo ina

bloody (as of garments)

dolo

adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)

doo de gulabe

prolapsed rectum

doodou

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pronoun your (plural; for singular noun)

dungudungua

verb repeatedly smell (something)

duu-hakaa

noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)

duulale

noun a type of game

ege

verb raise up (so that higher)

gaagoo

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noun chicken

gadigadi

verb have itch

gage saali

verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali

gai samusamu

verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)

galeve vii

noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy

gidigidi laa lalo

a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive

giigii saele

adjective giggle

goehau

noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)

haangoda mada aasanga

to fish for labelabe

hagabuua

verb crowd away from

hagadau

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pronoun each other

hagadau doolohi

adjective chase each other

hagadaula

verb to anchor

hagadibalia

verb cause to tip to one side

hagadinana

verb to treat as dinana

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagaloongaa

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verb to be quiet

hai gai

adjective prepared food; cook food

hakiia

verb move (something) away completely

hegai

verb eat ravenously

hhali lo te laagau

a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)

hidi bido dane

slow-moving or slow-working person

hulu

adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)

i ama

on the same side of a canoe as theoutrigger float

iga-loa

noun fishsp. (a small flying fish)

kau

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verb swim

kini

verb pick at one time,pinch at one time

laagau hagadauaadea

noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it

latabagea

noun an ornament made of turtle shell

launui

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noun coconut palm leaf

lavalava lau manu

a sarong of material with a flowered pattern

lebidi

noun birdsp.: whitetern

llahi

adjective thin (pl.)

lode

inside

lodo mao lunga

characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit

loha

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

longoduli

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adjective deaf

lunga ange

up more

luu duu de maduu

castes (two) of aboriginal nukuoro society

mada nuui

adjective dark green in color

madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama

time noun december (’twelfth month’)

madalua maa valu

number twenty eight

magini

a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malo haahine

adjective a dress (female clothing)

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over

manua

verb diseased

masavaa danuaa

noun a time of peace

massaganga

verb to be very dry

me abadai

noun european things (gear, etc.)

me hagalolo

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)

me hai dago

ritual acts,religious acts

mee saabini uga

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reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)

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mmala luu mada

stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)

mmasi

adjective the ripened condition of the fruit of the pandanus (when the keys begin to fall)

moenga

bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping

mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee

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muu-madagao

noun fishsp.: snapper

nguua

verb be nguu

onoonogia

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

oo

noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage

sasau

verb increasing in velocity (of wind)

sauvalovalo

verb echo

seni

adjective sleep

sese

verb walk

sigisiginga

say bad things about one to one’s face

tangada hai sauaa

magician, sorcerer

tao o de moso

coconut frond spine which has fallen and stuck upright in the ground

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noun paternal grandmother

tolu-laangi

Wednesday (’third day’)

ula de gili

inflammation; red in the face; sunburned