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aalohi
noun the portion of the atoll lagoon just lagoonward of the fringing reef
bookmarkade
noun liver
bookmarkango
baguu de laa
past noon
bookmarkbalagula
adjective clumsy
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbuu ili
buu tangada
noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)
bookmarkbuubudu
adjective crowded together closely
bookmarkdaabeduge mai
bring a lot of
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdahia
verb
shave
dali
verb wait for,along with
bookmarkdama ulungi
noun a man good at catching tuna with a fishing pole
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
daogili
noun
daumada
verb stare at,observe closely
bookmarkde gai i mua
favorite food
bookmarkdeai donu angaanga
nothing at all
bookmarkdee mahana tae
stay for only a short time
bookmarkdee manava age
do earnestly
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdelaa naa loo
that there could be it
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdiadia
verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it
bookmarkdohu ange
sufficient for
bookmarkdookalala
stilts; walk on stilts
bookmarkdugidugi tugi lau
duu ngavesi
cover of a box
bookmarkduudane
noun buttock
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of the island (nukuoro)
bookmarkduuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkgaa, ula
verb burn (intransitive)
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgaleve vii
noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy
bookmarkganae-oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgaso
noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgau bini
noun a tool used in braiding rope
bookmarkgea
noun hawksbillturtle
bookmarkgoobai-o-lillo
noun mollusk sp.: trochus
bookmarkhagabau
verb measure, calculate,estimate
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhaunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkheduge
noun slate-pencilurchin
bookmarkhhanga
verb split open, open up, or separate, all at once
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhoimanu
noun fishsp.: eagleray
bookmarkhua
verb come out in front; sing (a song); bear (fruit); a swelling (on the skin, or of dough, etc.);a swell (of the sea)
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship, etc.)
bookmarklamallie
adjective bearing big nuts (of coconut trees)
bookmarklau ngago
noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal
bookmarklodo mao lunga
characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit
bookmarkmaalava
the fatty part of the turtle
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maholadage
adjective be holadage
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkmau
adjective get,obtain,caught
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
noun riddle,parable
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmmenengia mai
discourage (someone) about something
bookmarkmousi
adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)
bookmarkmuli
adjective debt,owe
bookmarkmuli de huaalaangi
noun afternoon
bookmarkmuliagina
adjective last,final
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkngadi gai
verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarksaavale
verb spit,drool,sputum
bookmarksalu
verb scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)
bookmarksasa gee
impetuous in act or movement(leading to frequent error)
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksenga
adjective crazy; dumb, foolish, ignorant; senseless, drunk
bookmarksiva llau
number nine hundred
bookmarksobaga
fish sp. tang
bookmarksomo haahine
adjective a fleshy (non-muscular) man
bookmarkvela
burned
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