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aalanga

noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)

alaa loo

those (there) were the ones

amo

verb lift up

badotodi

verb move jerkily

balangi

noun fish sp., tang

bebea

verb be very nervous, be very anxious

biigi

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noun pig

boi malangilangi

adjective laugh abnormally

boialiali

noun the light just before daybreak

bubu sala

adjective move unskillfully

daaganga

noun kind of, sort of, variety of

daamadaa-sele

noun insectsp.: waterbug

daga

verb go from one place to another in a group

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

daiao age

the following morning

dale gaiaa

verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run

dalebu

verb turbulent (air or seas)

damaahine

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daogili

noun

dau magi

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epidemic

dee gagu

adjective uncouth

delaa huu

that was it just as before

denei maa

this is about (approximately)

diidii

adjective penis; urinate

dinana

noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship

dolo

noun plantsp.: sugarcane

donu gee

misunderstand

dugu de gumigumi

allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven

duulale

noun a type of game

gaadu

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noun dog

gaagose

sea cucumber

gabaduu

verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current

gadoa

verb to be overdue for parturition

gamedi

noun

gaunga

noun the partially burned wood or coconut husk which is left over after a fire

gave ua loa

a long-distance footrace

gegeli

adjective struggle

giliini

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adjective green

go ai

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who

gumigumi huluhulu

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noun beard (lit. hair on the chin)

haahine

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noun, adjective women; female

haelu

verb var. of hailu

haga vela

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verb hot, be

hagaali

verb to mention or expose something just enough so that the remainder is obvious

hagabaangoa

verb causing prostration

hagabungubungulia

verb cause to be expanded

hagadau

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pronoun each other

hagadeai

verb cause to become non-existent

hagamaaiongi

adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagao ngaohie

adjective inexpensive

hagapuunia

verb add up (many things)

hagasenga

verb fool (someone),deceive,trick (someone)

hagasugi ange

to use an abbreviated name or acronym

hai gaavenga

verb restless (of a child)

hai me moolau

an habitually fast worker

halehale me donu huu

surprisingly, it turned out to be possible

hegide

adjective see each other; meet up with

hhogi

a sharp sound, like the report of a rifle

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

huuhuna

adjective hide

ihoiholia

verb useful for climbing down repeatedly

iloo iho

adjective realize, know

laalaanui

adjective becoming big

laangai huli de moana

a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping (showing their white bellies) and biting

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

lale

noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)

lele sseni

insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)

lua laangi

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noun Tuesday

luu duu de maduu

castes (two) of aboriginal nukuoro society

luungagi

verb to be in a place protected from the wind, lee

ma te hakii

the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity

mada tea gee

white as a sheet (of a person)

madaanga hulu maa siva

number nineteen

madaladala de leo

a clear and high-pitched singing voice

madaoaligi

noun a type of string figure

magalili mai

flow (of tide)

mahuge, huge

open

mai ange laa

the next (one) following the one in question

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

manini

noun fishsp.: convicttang

moahulu

noun fishsp.: goatfish

mui

verb gathered around (something)

ngadi hai bodu

common-law marriage, concubinage

ngae

noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.

ngago gaagoo

noun chicken egg

ngalue iho

adjective reduced,decreased

ngauda

adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman

ngu te

niho hagadolo

noun incisor teeth

nonu

verb filter,sift

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

salasalani

verb becoming salani in one part, butnot yet salani all over

sao gainga

adjective sweep or cleanup trash

sii valavala

adjective spray

somo

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noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut

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tainadaane o dogu bodu

noun brother in law

tuu

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verb (transitive) cut

ua

noun neck