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ageli
verb pick head lice
bookmarkaho
noun fishing line of the sort used for adu fishing
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkanaa muhuu
how about those
bookmarkanumia
verb bobbing in the water
bookmarkbalagula
adjective clumsy
bookmarkbasalia
verb seep (of water)
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkboo gi me
acquisitive (and acting on acquisitive impulses)
bookmarkbuu-kangi-de-muli
noun mollusk sp.: cymatiidae spp., also bursa bubo
bookmarkdaa iho
adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)
bookmarkdaadaaligidanga
noun the way of being moved about in the air
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdaasugi
verb struggle to get free; jerking of the tail
bookmarkdagodoanga
noun expose oneself to the sun
bookmarkdaholaa/a
noun december
bookmarkdahuli de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine (extending from a fish, etc.)
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdangadanga
adjective
loose (not tight)
dao
noun spear, branch of
bookmarkdegi
verb to jerk; get something quickly
bookmarkdelaa ai
therefore (with respect to that there)
bookmarkdenga hhuge --
upward current
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdungu iho
adjective smell oneself
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarkgaaui
verb a line (for retrieving) attached to a spear; assemble (something from parts) byfastening together; strap, harness
bookmarkgaha uli
adjective having brown (ripe) coconuts (of a coconut tree)
bookmarkganimuli
noun the second child of a couple
bookmarkhaa lodo
noun the inner coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaau
verb suckle (at the breast)
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkHadu-lehu
the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend.
bookmarkhagaala
verb make mat sections
bookmarkhagaalahenua
verb provide land for
bookmarkhagadau gaiaa
adjective steal from one another
bookmarkhagadau kino
verb hate each other
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagaida
verb to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips)
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagamadaagi
verb to teach someone to madaagi
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagaoda
noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)
bookmarkhano gee
go away
hano muhuu loo
let’s see...
bookmarkhauala
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhhanga dalogo
adjective to make dalogo
bookmarkhhoda
adjective gasp for breath (once)
bookmarkimu-uli
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkio dua
noun the upper io
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
noun pelvicbone
bookmarkkaa
adjective a type of sound, made to attract birds
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklava i de goloa
having many goloa
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkma de hia e doe
a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
adjective to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa lima
number fifteen
bookmarkmadannia madua
noun thumb
bookmarkmaga ahi
noun glowing embers (without a flame)
bookmarkmahaahaa
adjective
mainu daodao
mmoa gango
adjective burned food which has been overcooked
bookmarkmouli
verb to live; be alive
bookmarkmuna madua
noun words used only by elders (which are not normally part of a child’s vocabulary)
bookmarknengenenge
nonu
verb filter,sift
bookmarkogo
noun purlin
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkono-samono
time noun the sixth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarksaalua
verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched
bookmarksee boiboi saele
stagger about (from a head injury), move as though unconscious
bookmarkseisei
pipefish
bookmarksogoisi
adjective
ssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktaina aahine
noun sister
bookmarkunumanga
drinking party
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