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aboabongi
adjective easily capsizable
bookmarkaheahe
verb keep returning
bookmarkboo hagadanu malama
the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain
bookmarkbulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkbuliaamou
adjective long for, homesick
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
daedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdago
noun ritual activities,religious activities
bookmarkdaha de hia maa
about what time is it
bookmarkdahido lima
noun upper arm
bookmarkdahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdaia e sseni
very sleepy
bookmarkdalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdaogili
noun
deledele hainga a me
rush because of an emergency
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdoa agalala
noun very big giant
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdolo
noun
plantsp.: sugarcane
duu-mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkduula
noun the direction from which the wind blows
bookmarkea
adjective to surface (while swimming); to be on the surface of the water; stop swimming
bookmarkga hia
how many will it be
bookmarkgaleva
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkgave ua loa
a long-distance footrace
bookmarkgede hadu
noun
a type of basket
gegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgudua
verb abounding in lice
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
haaide
verb measure (exactly)
bookmarkhagaaduadu iho
self-criticism
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagahale
verb begin to form (of a situation)
bookmarkhagamabu age
return to land from sea (esp. of birds)
bookmarkhagamadia
adjective show-off
bookmarkhagamuli
verb be late, tarry
bookmarkhagapago donu
fortunate result
bookmarkhagi ade
adjective insult (someone)
bookmarkhai soa
friendship
bookmarkhakii adu
get out
bookmarkhanu momo
adjective little bit,few
bookmarkhatinga
noun crook of the knee or elbow
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhevaalogi
the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhongagelegele
honu de maasina
noun full moon
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhuaahai
verb expertise
bookmarkhulu
verb apply liquid on,smear on
bookmarki dai nei
Mortlock Islands
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarklaalaa
verb having many branches
bookmarklahu me
adjective inclined to be suspicious
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lo te hebagi
during the war
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmaahe
adjective decrease (in strength, rate of growth, etc.)
bookmarkmadalua maa dolu
number twenty three
bookmarkmadalua maa haa
number twenty four
bookmarkmadangi
noun storm
bookmarkmadannia
noun finger
bookmarkmagi sali usu
headcold,runny nose
bookmarkmagua
adjective thieving
bookmarkmahanahanasia
verb warmed up
bookmarkmaholadage
adjective be holadage
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmala
bald
bookmarkmalanga age
lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmanu aabi
noun kite
bookmarkme hakadanga
noun joke, jest; trick (a practical joke)
bookmarkmoana dabeo
verb rough seas
bookmarkmoolau lodo
noun having a shorttemper
bookmarkmoomoa
noun the shoot from a germinating coconut
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmoosugia ange
somewhat moosugia
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a diving board in use)
bookmarkngavesi haangoda
noun fishing tacklebox
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksaga gi daha
saga away from; extend out in space
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarkseni
adjective sleep
bookmarktagudai
noun coast, shoreline
bookmarktegi
adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)
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