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ade

noun liver

agu age

say out loud

baageaa ange

attracted to

baalanga tugi

noun nail (of metal)

badai

adjective meddle in others’ affairs

bala langi

noun rain

basa gee

speak (or express oneself) strangely

basa hagamalaia

adjective to curse (someone)

bido abongi

capsize eventually

boo hagadanu malama

the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain

bulaga-a-leo

noun fish sp.: tang

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buni de ua

to be very thirsty

daane

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noun, adjective man; male

dagabe

noun fishsp.: snapper

dahuli de madangi

a change of wind direction

dahulihuli

adjective keep shifting direction

dauaahe

adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)

daudahi

adjective only,alone (just one)

dige

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verb (transitive and intransitive) rotate

diinei de madangi

a decrease of wind velocity

dogo duu

verb to punt while standing up on the stern gunwales of a canoe

duaa dodo

noun labor pains (of a woman in childbirth)

ee laa

so

gaadinga hai ngadi ubu

coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel

gaagose

sea cucumber

gaasia

noun coralsp.: (looks like a flower)

gadinibidi

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a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

gai ngaadahi

adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population

galeve maimai

noun fresh (unfermented) galeve

gauligi ange

younger than

gili iga

noun a type of high cloud

golo me

adjective unforgiving

goobai

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noun hat

hadihadi

verb break many times or in many places

hadu-i-de-ssala

noun coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral

hagadoo dai

adjective to fish off the reef for tuna

hagaduuduulanga

a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagahoou

verb make like new

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)

hagamahana

verb heat

hagamidimidi

verb having a strong undertow

hagamogomogo

verb take special care of, cherish

hagausinga

noun raincloud (includes all cumulus types)

hagavalu (ina)

verb make a total of eight

hai me magua

sort of steal

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hale baalanga

noun frame house

hale o denga manu

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noun hive (house for animals)

hannoo kaba

go now, right away beat it

hieunu

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verb thirsty, be

hoe

verb blisters on the skin caused by sunburn

holi ange

resemble

huaa bodu

noun family

huaaboo

noun the whole night long

huaahenua

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community

hue

noun plantsp.: vine sp. (several spp.)

ladi

verb initiate, begin, start

langadala tohi

noun a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind

lie

noun lice eggs

llilo mai

decreasing (in number); becoming less

llou

hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)

lote

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preposition inside (lodo+de)

lua llau

number two hundred

luu amaau

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pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

luu duu de maduu

social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society

maaua

adjective poisoned (by food)

mada dao

noun prow of a fast ship

madalua maa lima

number twenty five

madalua maa lima seene

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noun quarter

magi dabeo

verb menstruation

malino

adjective calm (weather), still (wind)

matili

adjective come up quickly (like fast-sproutingplants or a quickly erupting skin disease)

me madaali

noun a ripe coconut (= gaadinga) of poor quality

me pilo aha

what’s the point of doing this

mee hagaangiangi

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noun handheld fan

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minede

noun minute

mmudi

adjective sprinkling (of rain)

ngadi hanonga

a useless journey

ngago gaago

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noun chicken egg

ngaio-golai

noun fishsp.: needlefish

ngalogulogu

adjective easily ngalogu in many places

ngaue mai

to reduce (in price, etc.)

noho

verb settle somewhere; live somewhere

ogo

noun purlin

olaadeu

pronoun their (for plural, inalienable noun)

oluu

pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)

ono-laangi

time noun saturday (’sixth day’)

saagule

pick head lice

sae iho

adjective tear from the top down; break through the bush (coming downhill)

salani ange

just a little salani

sango

adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)

seaamonga

noun a unit of (twenty) coconuts for makinghuaahuu

seeda

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noun October

siilinga a muna

noun trial or formal inquiry

sili

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verb ask

sua hadu umu

stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven

tangada adi longo

gossipy person, telltale

udua

promontory, peninsula

vvala

a piercingly bright light; the cutting of a fast canoe through the water