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anengenenge

noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus

angi

verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)

badai gee

extremely meddlesome

bane

noun the flat top of the shark’s snout

biigii

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noun pig

bili i de lodo

unforgotten

boibala

adjective watery (of prepared food)

boo mai ange laa

the second night following

daahili lo te gohu

a popular (secular) song

daalinga

noun an area near the flowering part of a coconut tree (where birds perch)

daemahalia

verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take

dagalia

verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare

dagoobala

verb fall on something and smash it

dahuli

adjective turn back; change one’s mind

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dai hiigai

adjective hungry

dama pala

noun a foetus which has been aborted, ugly

de heduu o taiao

noun morningstar

deleulu

verb good at catching tuna

denaa tagodo

that is the situation...

dogi hakolona

noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)

doha

verb to spreadout (something)

dongi de gelegele

to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)

dui manu

noun a line of flying birds

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

duu taua

adjective outbreak of war

duu-baeao

noun fishsp.: filefish

duuduu manu

a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head

duugunga o de henua

customs of Nukuoro atoll

gabola

flatten out something mushy

gadigadi

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noun itch

galeve vii

noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy

gavada

noun a type of basket

gide eidu ina

to see a vision, hallucinate

gieuli

noun lizardsp.

goa

noun termite

goloa

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noun groceries, supplies

goloa hai hegau

noun tools (for work)

gubulima

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noun wrist

gugu ange

able to look after others; able towithstand

hadi aho

adjective

hagabigo de ngago

fool (someone), deceive

hagadubu mangoo

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagahaibodu

verb wedding; perform a wedding

hagamaumau

verb study, attempt to memorize

hagangadimee

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagasaaele

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verb think

hagasaalunga de lungi

a member of the Christian Endeavor Society

hagaseenga

noun way of just being able to

hagasehua

verb to make a total of 1000 coconuts

hai hagadubu

adjective to fashion a string figure

haimee baubau

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verb sexual intercourse; fornication

hala

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noun pandanus plant

hano ahe

echo

hidi

verb to topple over ; stand on one’s hands ; getup (from a sitting position) ; cause of

hili gee

sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)

hina

noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness

huaalaangi

noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only

huaamee daahaa

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noun second stage of a green coconut

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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kano de langi

noun a blue and cloudless sky

laangi dabu

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noun Sunday

limamalie

good at massaging

llao

verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole

lodo gapua

noun seaward part of a gapua

longo iho

adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)

maaguluaa

adjective dislocated (joint of the body)

mada dotodo

verb an abrasion of the skin (red but not bleeding)

madaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama

time noun november (’eleventh month’)

madaono

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number sixty

mahana

adjective hot (weather)

maleasa

noun fishsp. : tang (a kind of igauli)

mano

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number thousand

masalia

verb empty of water

masana

verb good (quality)

masaova laohie o de ngadau

noun dry season

me gu modu

decision

me hagasaga

noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown

mee o taane

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noun male genital organ

milo

noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)

mmadu

noun fishsp.: mojarrafish (= small sugimanga)

moolau lodo

noun having a shorttemper

muga

verb used (or done, heard, or known) over and over until bored with

naa huu

when,if

nagonago

verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)

ngaangaa

verb not sturdy, rickety

ngudu gaiaa

charlatan

nuui

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adjective green

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

sali loimada

adjective to tear1 (in the eyes because, e.g., of smoke)

sao gainga

adjective sweep or cleanup trash

se galubu

very fast

seeha dee na?

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what is that?

seene

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noun money

sigi de hagahala

a technique of finishing a mat edge

sigo ina uavesi

don’t forget

sugimada

the outer corner of the eye

uua

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neck

vai

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adjective watery, bad - (when followed by another word)

vivi

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noun female genital area