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ahi malo
noun a mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkalaa ai huu
those there only then
bookmarkanei maa
these were about (approximately)
bookmarkbasa pada
adjective speak harshly
bookmarkbasa senga
adjective speak senselessly
bookmarkbei
adjective be like, be the same as
bookmarkbonabona
adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona
bookmarkboolaa
adjective a type of sound, indicating surprise
bookmarkbuada
verb sling
bookmarkbuu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkdagihia
how many for each
bookmarkdahia
verb
shave
daia e tulidaa
urgency in micturation
bookmarkdangada gai dangada
cannibal
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdaohi i tua
learn by heart
bookmarkdaudali i lodo
follow another’s will
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkde heduu o taiao
noun morningstar
bookmarkdegidegi
verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)
bookmarkdeua
noun back (body part)
bookmarkdoedoe
adjective still remaining, still leftover
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkdoi-avaava
noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdoo togonogo
adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine
bookmarkeu doo
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgadiou
gage de henua
invade
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgaleve
sakau drink
bookmarkgano dae
noun the net of a hand net (not including the net’s handle)
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkguanga
noun a type of basket
bookmarkguba
noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhagaaoao
verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabasa
verb cause someone to speak; convince
bookmarkhagadahea
verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put (someone) into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagadubu gi se --
verb transfigure into a --
bookmarkhagahana
verb reheat or recook food (to preserve it for a longer time)
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagallongo de lau nui
to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves
bookmarkhagamaasui
noun a current which flows to the left
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagamahana
verb heat
bookmarkhagame ange laa
a little later
bookmarkhelii-baalanga
noun plantsp.: grasssp.
bookmarkhoe
noun a canoepaddle
bookmarkhoosenga ange
embarrassed by
bookmarkise ngaio
noun needlefish
bookmarkkii ange
verb increase
bookmarklaavasi
noun meat (or fish, or seafood) which issuitable as food
bookmarklollolo
oily
bookmarklolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmaamaalamangia
verb continuously maalamangia
bookmarkmadagabubu
adjective dull (of an edge, or point)
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmahanga
adjective be split open
bookmarkmailiili
adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)
bookmarkmangamanga
adjective having many manga
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanu-de-bua
noun birdsp.: sacredkingfisher (halcyon sancta) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkmogo
noun coconutapple (young and edible)
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoni sulu
noun submarine
bookmarkmousi
adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarkohu
a depression in a tree trunk
bookmarksaavale ina
fish or meat which is watery in texture and bad tasting
bookmarksaba
verb be in a precarious position
bookmarksabalabala
adjective always agreeing with
bookmarksauduu
mermaid
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksoasoa
adjective increasing in number (people)
bookmarkssabe age
eat
bookmarktangada hai sauaa
magician, sorcerer
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
bookmarkului
turn inside out
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