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ahi malo

noun a mat wrapping for clothes

alaa ai huu

those there only then

anei maa

these were about (approximately)

basa pada

adjective speak harshly

basa senga

adjective speak senselessly

bei

adjective be like, be the same as

bonabona

adjective fear (as perceived somatically); having many bona

boolaa

adjective a type of sound, indicating surprise

buada

verb sling

buu useahi

verb blurred

daalanga

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noun story (non-fiction)

dagihia

how many for each

dahia

verb shave

daia e tulidaa

urgency in micturation

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noun priest

dangada gai dangada

cannibal

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

daohi i tua

learn by heart

daudali i lodo

follow another’s will

daula luu hadu

noun testicle cords

de heduu o taiao

noun morningstar

degidegi

verb to jerk repeatedly; bawlout (speakharshly to)

deua

noun back (body part)

doedoe

adjective still remaining, still leftover

doga

noun a (live) coral formation

doi-avaava

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore (used for making perfume)

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

doo togonogo

adjective separation of the tip (caudal vertebrae) of the spine

eu doo

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

ga sui nei

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verb wet, become

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gadiou

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noun plant species with red flowers, used to make flower crowns

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gage de henua

invade

gai hagalongolongo

verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)

galeve

sakau drink

gano dae

noun the net of a hand net (not including the net’s handle)

geu de madangi

a change of wind direction

gilisau

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verb undress

gu madagu

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verb frighten

guanga

noun a type of basket

guba

noun fishsp.: cardinalfish (the native term is applied to several spp.)

haaina

verb stare at

haga degide

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blind

hagaaoao

verb habitually and purposely remain up until daybreak

hagabasa

verb cause someone to speak; convince

hagadahea

verb to allow the wind or current to carry the canoe

hagadaina

verb to put (someone) into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadubu gi se --

verb transfigure into a --

hagahana

verb reheat or recook food (to preserve it for a longer time)

hagahoa

noun a boil on the body

hagallongo de lau nui

to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves

hagamaasui

noun a current which flows to the left

hagamademade gaiaa

verb cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)

hagamahana

verb heat

hagame ange laa

a little later

hagassui/hang gainga/hagamamane

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verb urinate (piss)

helii-baalanga

noun plantsp.: grasssp.

hihi mada

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hoe

noun a canoepaddle

hoosenga ange

embarrassed by

ise ngaio

noun needlefish

kii ange

verb increase

laavasi

noun meat (or fish, or seafood) which issuitable as food

lehu

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noun lime

lima

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hand

lodo

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preposition, noun inside

lollolo

oily

lolomango

noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)

luu duu de maduu

social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society

maamaalamangia

verb continuously maalamangia

madagabubu

adjective dull (of an edge, or point)

madamada o dangada

noun in public

mahanga

adjective be split open

mailiili

adjective fast moving (over a considerable duration of time)

mangamanga

adjective having many manga

mangemangeo

verb covered with mangeo

manu-de-bua

noun birdsp.: sacredkingfisher (halcyon sancta) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

mogo

noun coconutapple (young and edible)

momo loo huu

just a very little

moni sulu

noun submarine

mousi

adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)

muna abo (donu)

noun truth

nguua

verb be nguu

nnamu hagaduugia

adjective stench

ohu

a depression in a tree trunk

saavale ina

fish or meat which is watery in texture and bad tasting

saba

verb be in a precarious position

sabalabala

adjective always agreeing with

sanga

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fornicate, have sexual intercourse

sauduu

mermaid

seene

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noun money

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

soasoa

adjective increasing in number (people)

ssabe age

eat

sugi

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tail

tangada hai sauaa

magician, sorcerer

tubuna

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noun grandparent; ancestor

udua

promontory, peninsula

ului

turn inside out