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alodahi laangi

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every day

baabaa

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flat

baasi masui

adjective left side, left-handed

balagelage gee

severely crippled

baoa

verb wash up on shore

basa too gee

speak ungrammatically

baua

verb figure out, determine

bido gamu

uselessly short

bugu

noun mons veneris

daba

adjective a flash of light, a blink of an eye

dagalonga

noun path, route

dagimomo

adjective few for each one

dahi daalaa

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noun dollar bill

dala

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dala mmea

verb redness or inflammation of the skin (e.g., a welt)

damana

noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship

dao hadu

verb cover up (by putting on layer after layer); give too much (e.g., work) to

de hia

which number

de ulu hagabolebole

topmost part of any standing object

delaa ange naa

about that (over there), much more

denei ange maalie

this is exactly right

dihidihi

noun butterfly fish

dilo

verb look at (inspect)

dingale

noun secretion of the genitalia (male or female); the milky sap on some pandanus plugs

doa

noun giant

doe

adjective leftover, remain

doli de henua

to defeat all comers

donu huu

only,just (no more than)

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gabugabu

shore

gadunga

noun fire-plow

gainanga

verb a person having special powers (occult powers, strength, status, or knowledge)

gannui mada balabala

gannui which is soft and mushy

gavia

crazy person; insane person,

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

goodou

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pronoun you (plural)

hagabaa

verb to crack (as a nut)

hagadagodo

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to draft (a carving)

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hagahonu age lodo

feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat

hagahoohanga

verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting

hagalongo imuna

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verb obey

hagamabulia

verb cause to hagamabu

hagamade

verb do as hard or fast as possible

hagapago donu

fortunate result

hagasaalunga de lungi

a member of the Christian Endeavor Society

hagasii lolo

noun wheel

hagatoo mua

verb take every possible precaution, insure

hai galauna

adjective fish with the galauna net

hai mainu

verb collect bait

hakai-a-bagila

noun mollusksp.: cerithiidae spp.

hanu ange

some more

henua moounga

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noun land with mountains (e.g. Pohnpei, United States)

hine duuhua

noun unmarried girl

hua modo

noun fisheggs (immature)

hulu manu

noun feathers

hungahunga-a-nui

noun the flower of the coconut tree

huugaabungubungu

very plump

kano

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noun penis

kau donu

adjective usedto, easy to

laangi

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noun day

lala gaadinga

adjective to heat copra (to dry it)

liiliagi daudahi

be of the same status

lludu

verb take all (of something)

luu gili

noun labiaminora

ma te hakii

the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity

maadau

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hook, fishhook

maanegabo

adjective energetic

maaua

adjective poisoned (by food)

madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

mahuge, huge

open

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

malamalali

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adjective becoming more and more malali

malau ngudu

noun lips

malena

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adjective stretched

manu-manga-lua

noun insectsp.: scorpion

masoasoa

spacious

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

mmae

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noun pain

moe

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adjective round

mui

verb gathered around (something)

mulimuli

verb much later; the very end

nao

verb to extract by gouging out with a finger

ngudu lagolago

adjective lie (tell a falsehood)

noho dau donu

sit quietly

noho hagamaaiongi

adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)

noho maadai

adjective sit quietly

obe

noun eye of the taro corm

pala boo maasina

the time of the month when rain is most likely to occur (1st quarter)

sali gee

flow away

seni

sleep

sobo de laa

rising of the sun

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

ssee de hiigai

famished, ravenous

sugi de ngudu

the corner of the mouth

sulu

dive, fall head first; anoint (hair with oil)

tilo

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verb see, watch, find, seek out

tinana o dogu dinana

noun maternal grandmother

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law

vaga

noun sailing vessel, large canoe, ship

vaivai

intensifier too; overly