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aasolo
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkaha goi delaa
what was I going to say
bookmarkaloalo me
noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll
bookmarkalodahi hugadoo
everything, everybody; each and every
bookmarkavaava
verb full of holes
bookmarkbane
noun the flat top of the shark’s snout
bookmarkbe aha naa huu
whatever; if ever
bookmarkbido dagi
follow in order to spy on
bookmarkbigibigia
verb covered with something sticky
bookmarkboli
verb take special care of
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkbudubudu
adjective crowded together
bookmarkbugolo
noun coral sp.: faviid coral
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuubuulia
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaa de hagallogo
perform certain old religious ceremonies or chants
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdaedae
adjective to reach many places
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdai deeai
almost none
bookmarkdaogoli
noun plantsp.: swamptaro(cyrtosperma chamissonis), also the corm of this plant
bookmarkdee vaagidee
adjective ugly, awful; extremely disappointing
bookmarkdenaa ai
therefore (with respect to this, there near you, or concerning, you)
bookmarkdenei huu
this is it still
bookmarkdogi
noun adze
bookmarkdolonoa
noun
duu donu
adjective vertical
bookmarkgaa lava
and then
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgaibea-lausedi
noun trapezeidcrab
bookmarkgalele
verb a method of fishing (casting with a pole)for tuna)
bookmarkgamu
verb cut (something)
bookmarkgau mai moni
noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)
bookmarkgideu
noun plantsp.: fern sp.
bookmarkgili agau
verb a moss-like covering of the reef; fish which live on the reef
bookmarkgini manu
verb pick flowers
bookmarkgoo
noun taro spade
bookmarkhaangoda de lodo
to fish in the lagoon
bookmarkhagabalagelage
verb to have come to be unable to walk
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadiinonga
verb treat as having supernatural power
bookmarkhagahaanau
verb to help to deliver a child (as a midwife does)
bookmarkhagahaigabungi
verb make shy
bookmarkhagamaalama
verb brighten,illuminate
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagammae lodo
insult (someone)
bookmarkhagapago iho
adjective to descend suddenly
bookmarkhagassoe
verb straighten out; decide an issue (byhigher authority)
bookmarkhagi ade
adjective insult (someone)
bookmarkhai de hagamaanadu
remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)
bookmarkhanu age
regain
bookmarkhenua i lalo (alodahi)
noun world (lands other than nukuoro)
bookmarkhili gee
sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)
bookmarkhuahuaa me
noun
i dai nei
Mortlock Islands
bookmarkkosi-honga-agau
noun mollusksp.: trachycardium orbita
bookmarklaangai huli de moana
a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping (showing their white bellies) and biting
bookmarklangi haanau
noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)
bookmarklele sseni
insomnia (after sleeping for a short while)
bookmarkllama
verb fish for flying fish (at night)
bookmarkloage
adjective
go (up or toward the village, or land)
lobaloba
verb
flapping (of a sail in the breeze)
lodo lagolago
adjective indecisive,undecided
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkmaadau duiagi
noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)
bookmarkmaadau mada bodobodo
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaanadu age
decide (arrive at a decision), make upone’s mind; think up
bookmarkmadohi boo
adjective midnight
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkme hagasili
a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)
bookmarkmilomilosanga
the way in which a current moves about
bookmarkmmano
adjective thousands
bookmarkmoana ngaadai
noun far from land (the place from which the atoll is just barely visible)
bookmarkmoele
noun a lie (an untruth)
bookmarkmudumudu-odaoda
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
ngalue mai
decrease
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarknohu
noun fishsp.: stone-fish
bookmarkodi sango
adjective completely cleaned up or finished; all gone; each and every oneall gone
bookmarkpoo mai
a unit of measurement (from the end of the extended thumb to the other side of the clenched fist)
bookmarkpungu
adjective
plump
saniba
silversides
bookmarksao de leo
clear in elocution or in one’s singing voice
bookmarksauligi
a type of adze (with a rotatable head)
bookmarksengaa
numeral tens of millions
bookmarkssanu
lick
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
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