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ade
noun liver
bookmarkagu age
say out loud
bookmarkbaageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbaalanga tugi
noun nail (of metal)
bookmarkbadai
adjective meddle in others’ affairs
bookmarkbala langi
noun rain
bookmarkbasa gee
speak (or express oneself) strangely
bookmarkbasa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbido abongi
capsize eventually
bookmarkboo hagadanu malama
the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkbuni de ua
to be very thirsty
bookmarkdagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdahuli de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdiinei de madangi
a decrease of wind velocity
bookmarkdogo duu
verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)
bookmarkee laa
so
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgaagose
sea cucumber
bookmarkgaasia
noun coralsp.: (looks like a flower)
bookmarkgai ngaadahi
adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population
bookmarkgaleve maimai
noun fresh (unfermented) galeve
bookmarkgauligi ange
younger than
bookmarkgili iga
noun a type of high cloud
bookmarkgolo me
adjective unforgiving
bookmarkhadihadi
verb break many times or in many places
bookmarkhadu-i-de-ssala
noun
coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral
hagadoo dai
adjective to fish off the reef for tuna
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagahoou
verb make like new
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagamidimidi
verb having a strong undertow
bookmarkhagamogomogo
verb take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagausinga
noun raincloud (includes all cumulus types)
bookmarkhagavalu (ina)
verb make a total of eight
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhale baalanga
noun frame house
bookmarkhannoo kaba
go now, right away beat it
bookmarkhoe
verb blisters on the skin caused by sunburn
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhuaa bodu
noun family
bookmarkhuaaboo
noun the whole night long
bookmarkhue
noun plantsp.: vine sp. (several spp.)
bookmarkladi
verb initiate, begin, start
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
lie
noun lice eggs
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarkllou
hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarklua llau
number two hundred
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmaaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmada dao
noun prow of a fast ship
bookmarkmadalua maa lima
number twenty five
bookmarkmagi dabeo
verb menstruation
bookmarkmalino
adjective calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkmatili
adjective come up quickly (like fast-sproutingplants or a quickly erupting skin disease)
bookmarkme madaali
noun a ripe coconut (= gaadinga) of poor quality
bookmarkme pilo aha
what’s the point of doing this
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minede
noun minute
bookmarkmmudi
adjective sprinkling (of rain)
bookmarkngadi hanonga
a useless journey
bookmarkngaio-golai
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarkngalogulogu
adjective easily ngalogu in many places
bookmarkngaue mai
to reduce (in price, etc.)
bookmarknoho
verb settle somewhere; live somewhere
bookmarkogo
noun purlin
bookmarkolaadeu
pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkoluu
pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarksaagule
pick head lice
bookmarksae iho
adjective tear from the top down; break through the bush (coming downhill)
bookmarksalani ange
just a little salani
bookmarksango
adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)
bookmarkseaamonga
noun a unit of (twenty) coconuts for makinghuaahuu
bookmarksiilinga a muna
noun trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksua hadu umu
stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven
bookmarktangada adi longo
gossipy person, telltale
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
bookmarkvvala
a piercingly bright light; the cutting of a fast canoe through the water
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