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adu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkalaa ai
those only
bookmarkbole
adjective bawl out, be angry; be mad (as indicated by one’s movements)
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbula de ganomada
get mad
bookmarkbuni
adjective closed up, be together (in a group, or of two individuals)
bookmarkdaamadaa-sele
noun insectsp.: waterbug
bookmarkdagaanga
noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdala
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdali
verb wait for,along with
bookmarkdangadangalebu
verb becoming rougher (of seas)
bookmarkdangage dua
verb bend one’s head backwards
bookmarkdaogubu
noun waist, circumference
bookmarkdaudonu
adjective if, in the case that; gentle, mild-mannered, soft-spoken
bookmarkdauulu
verb verdant (indicating growing well)
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdeelaa
there
bookmarkdili
verb shoot at; shine (e.g., a flashlight) on; letgo, throwaway, lose something; disregard; steady beating (as of a heart); a steady stroke (as of an adze)
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying
bookmarkdoga
adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkduoi
noun parasites (intestinal) of fish
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
noun anything sticky which pulls apart like jelly, as certain kinds of sea cucumbers etc.
bookmarkgabanibaonga
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkgai moumou
wasteful of food
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
trapezeid crab
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgalo
adjective look at, stare
bookmarkgamedi
noun
gauanga mahagi
noun dislocated thighbone
bookmarkgiado
outrigger boom
bookmarkgumedi hadu
noun
a bowl (pottery)
hagabaangoa
verb causing prostration
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagadonu muna
adjective act as an interpreter
bookmarkhagaduuhuli
verb to create duuhuli
bookmarkhagagabugabu
verb create a channel through land(by wind or wave action)
bookmarkhagahenua
verb give land to
bookmarkhagamaadua
verb be oldest among
bookmarkhagamaasui
noun a current which flows to the left
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard or fast as possible
bookmarkhagamuli
verb be late, tarry
bookmarkhagasahu
verb to catch water (in something)
bookmarkhagatoo donu
verb promise, contract1 with; swear to the truth of
bookmarkhai aabi
having many rooms or sections
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhai madangi
verb to fart
bookmarkhai me moolau
an habitually fast worker
bookmarkilaage mai
free from
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective happy
bookmarklodo gapua
noun seaward part of a gapua
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
maakau laa loo dangada
what a shame
bookmarkmaalamangia
verb illuminated (by having light shined upon it)
bookmarkmada gide
adjective sharp-eyed, goodat finding things
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
manumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmau
adjective get,obtain,caught
bookmarkme hagasili
noun a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)
bookmarkme tao
noun dye
bookmarkmiili
adjective
a type of game
momme hagadaahao
noun playground
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarkngudu-me
noun boundary of a taro plot
bookmarknoodanga
noun bundle, knot; a set of 12 differentfishing lures
bookmarkpee
adjective pass wind (flatus)
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksala
noun mistake,error,accident
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarkse gainga
adjective abundant
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksii
adjective a stream or jet of water; dysentery
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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