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aboo nei

tonight (future)

aigimea

noun plant sp.: wedelia creeper (wedelia biflora (l.) dc.)

alaa naa

those only

alelo-hatuli

noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell

baagea

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adjective weak

baasi lua

having two useful sides

badotodi

verb move jerkily

balu daaea

noun fish sp.

bangulu

noun a part of a traditional loom

baoa

verb wash up on shore

basa hagasengasenga

adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables

basaa

verb be talked into

booi

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

bunehulu

adjective slow in running or walking

bunua

noun a young bird (of any sp. suitable for being raised as a pet)

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

daamadaa-sele

noun insectsp.: waterbug

dagu made

perhaps,maybe

dahola

verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)

dai bigi

adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout

dalaa

noun (small) piece of, part of

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

dama donu

noun a natural child

damaa dae

adjective skillful at catching flying fish

damadaa

verb to have started it; to have begun it

danuaa mai i hee

good according to whom

dau (umu)

noun a cover for an earth oven

daumaha daamada

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

dee ni dago

never mind

denga mee laa

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those ones over there (plural)

diihagaai

noun the eighth child of a couple

doe

adjective leftover, remain

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

duudae maadau

noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>

ea age

stop swimming (and come up on land)

ege

verb raise up (so that higher)

gaaui i tao

a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear

gage saali

verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali

gaha dea

adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

gai de henua

native food (not imported)

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

gai lima lua

eat greedily (with both hands)

galogalo malama

noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)

galu

noun viscous sputum

gamedi vai salo

a type of bowl

gau

noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)

gauligi mai ange

the one next younger still

goloa hebagi

noun arms (tools of war)

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagabini

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noun cockroach

hagadaudoo

adjective compete to see who is stronger

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagahoohanga

verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a placefor their nesting

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hagammuni

verb hide (something) from

hagammuni iho

adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)

hagapale

verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against

hagassege i hegau

verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work

hagaui gee

avoid

hai soa

friendship

hakauanga

noun a handle of something

hanngoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll).

hhao tuula

adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)

hoda

verb carve out, drill out; eat out the insides of (as does a rat)

hoo senga

adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed

hulei

verb to have done the act of hhule

hulo gee

go away

ilihia ssave

the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)

kadi

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verb bite

kii

verb move away

laanui

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adjective big

lauvinivini

verb having kinky hair

lavasi

noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)

loua ama

verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged

lua-laangi

time noun tuesday (’second day’)

luei

verb spit out (esp. food)

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maalo

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adjective very strong

maanadu iho

adjective think about oneself

madea

verb identify,recognize

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

manu-a-luga

noun insectsp.: fruitfly

manu-a-madaligi

noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)

maua laa

nevermind

me aha ai

what for

moni galele

a canoe rigged for galele fishing

ngaage nei

gilbertislands

niho vainu

milk teeth, deciduous teeth

noho baba

live peacefully

ogu

pronoun my (for plural, inalienable noun)

pula luu mada

excited with joy

sabanaana

verb a phosphorescent flash in the water

se me pilo aha

don’t bother

seene

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noun money

seene malili

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noun coins

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

sege

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verb to slip, slide, ride or surf

sileia doo soa

look, your neighbor is competing against you

uli

adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)