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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkadudai
noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)
bookmarkadumua
verb pregnant and almost ready to deliver; first among a group of pregnant women to deliver
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkaigimea
noun plant sp.: wedelia creeper (wedelia biflora (l.) dc.)
bookmarkalaa ange huu
that there
alukaba
verb leave quickly (usually under duress)
bookmarkbaalau
adjective sticky, greasy
bookmarkbakau dahi de manu
not to go fishing when other groups are going
bookmarkbonga
adjective bent, curved, defective (of fruit)
bookmarkboo seniseni
noun a type of children’s game (played in the water, like tag)
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuu
adjective be greasy
bookmarkdahuli de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkdamadanga
noun origin, source
bookmarkdanu bela
adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)
bookmarkdiidii
adjective penis; urinate
bookmarkduguagi
verb be suspicious of (someone)
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
duuhia ange
praised (by others)
bookmarkduumono
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkgabetili
noun parent-in-law
bookmarkgadagada-a-vaga
noun a very small tuna
bookmarkgili
skin
bookmarkgolo age
continually golo voluntarily
bookmarkgoloa baalanga
noun metal-working tools
bookmarkgoohunga
noun dark images, shadows in the darkness
bookmarkgu oo ina mai
shout to announce important news (e.g., to announce the arrival of a ship)
bookmarkhaele sala
spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.
bookmarkhagaaha
verb cause to do what
bookmarkhagabaasi
verb do toward one side
bookmarkhagabudubudu
verb accumulate repeatedly
bookmarkhagaduu eidu
superstitious; to believe in ghosts.
bookmarkhagagudu
verb cause to have lice (by transfer)
bookmarkhagahaigabungi
verb make shy
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagamudumudu
verb do slowly,delay
bookmarkhai de hai
stubborn,willful
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhale hadu
noun a house of brick or cement construction
bookmarkhano saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhiihidi
verb
hodooligi
adjective chief (of the island)
bookmarkholahola aalanga
adjective calisthenics,exercises
bookmarkhulo gi lunga ma lalo
argue heatedly,fight
bookmarkhulo saaele
verb wander around
bookmarkilihia tinae
adjective a stomach distended by gas
bookmarkiloo iho
adjective realize, know
bookmarkkava
adjective to feel uncomfortably warm
bookmarkkii ange
increase
bookmarklaba
noun a dancingpaddle
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklangona iho maahana
feel punished or victimized
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarkmaanetonu
adjective act cautiously
bookmarkmaaui
verb givebirth to, born
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmaga de hoe
to paddle vigorously
bookmarkmagi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmahaa
adjective broken up, cracked, burst
bookmarkmalu
verb shade (under trees); lee (of wind)
bookmarkmanavasaa
adjective scared; afraid
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarkmatili
adjective come up quickly (like fast-sproutingplants or a quickly erupting skin disease)
bookmarkme hagasili
noun a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)
bookmarkme ssongo aha
useless thing
bookmarkmoe dige
adjective to roll away from one’s bedding while sleeping (on the floor)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmule
adjective slow; late
bookmarkmuli sua hadu
reefward of the storm beach; beach rock
bookmarkmuna hhadu
noun lie (falsehood)
bookmarkngadi ubu
noun an empty coconut shell used as a container
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarknoho
verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated
bookmarkoso
verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)
bookmarkpago
adjective the sound of any sudden violent contact; the sound of an explosion
bookmarksaaluanga
noun a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksisi lima
verb longhand (writing)
bookmarksongosongo
genitals (of males or females)
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
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vaivai daahili
a dirty song
bookmarkvalagei
whip black coral
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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