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abongi baasi

adjective capsize sideways

agaaga

noun having lots of roots

anei ai laa

these then were those

avaava

verb full of holes

babaiangi ina

cloudy, with clouds of the babaiangi type

balaginagina

adjective be squashed

balu

noun fish sp.

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

basa lilo

adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

binga

adjective be named, be called; regarded as

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

boobosu

adjective

daaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

daala

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noun dollar bill

dabuna

noun part of the female genitalia

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

daia e de hegau

overworked

damana mai i daha

stepfather

dau

noun chant (ancient)

dau (umu)

noun a cover for an earth oven

dau balabala

adjective slack (of rope)

deeai donu

positively no

delaa ange

that there is another one

delaa ange naa

about that (over there), much more

dilo

noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying

dilobuna

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growing coconut sapling

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dingale

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

donadona

covered in warts/moles

dumanu

noun appearance,situation

duu kolu

adjective stand bracing oneself

duu taua

adjective outbreak of war

duu-uli

noun seacucumber sp.

duulale

noun a type of game

gahu

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verb undress

galo

adjective look at, stare

gannui mada makaga

gannui which is firm

gau bini

noun a tool used in braiding rope

gau bini baalanga

an iron rod

geao

noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)

gede hadu

noun a type of basket

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

gumigumi

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beard

haaula

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verb set on fire

hadugolaa

any stone of volcanic origin [imported from volcanic islands].

hagaahi

verb provide fire to or for; hungry; eatsomething

hagadodi

verb walk with a limp (permanently)

hagaheiloo

verb make the acquaintance of

hagalilo

verb take shelter, to shelter (somethingfrom the elements); blockout (from sight)

hagaloongaa

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verb to be quiet

hagamadaagi

verb to teach someone to madaagi

hagamadumadua

verb to act as though very old

hagammuni iho

adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)

hagamuni

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verb hide

hagaongaonga

verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music

hagasao

verb letout (something), disburse (money)

hagavogi

verb a whistle (made with the lips)

hai baasi

adjective take sides against, oppose

hodu

adjective sighted, appear

huda

noun a verse of an old chant

hudaa lolo

noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave

huna me

adjective a habitual thief

husi

taro bag, swamp

lahalaha

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verb measure off in fathoms

lau iho laa

those of small size

lau manu

noun leaf of a plant

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

llava ai

wrapped (tied) around; eat fish ormeat with a meal

lodo lanea

adjective indecisive,confused

lodo manege

adjective stubborn (esp. in maintaining one’s own superiority); be a poor loser

lolo manu de boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

lou

a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down

luu duu de maduu

castes (two) of aboriginal nukuoro society

luu hua

noun labiamajora

ma te hakii

the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity

madaala

adjective able to remain awake for a long time

madaali

adjective lacking in oil (of a ripe coconut)

madaangahulu mano

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number ten thousands

madabuunoua

adjective become dull

manu-alioo

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

masavaa

noun time

me hagadaahao

noun toy

momme aadea

noun clearing (e.g., in the woods)

moosugia ange

somewhat moosugia

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noun spider

ngaangaalu

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hair

ngadau iho

younger

ngadi biho

noun head

ngadi duu

adjective naked

ngii

verb a high-pitched sound

nguua

verb be nguu

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famine

sae

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verb (transitive) to tear (fabric, paper)

saniba

silversides

sasa

adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious

sisi

mollusk, sp. Neritidae

tainaahine o dogu damana

noun paternal aunt

uaua vaaligi

noun capillary

vai nui

coconut water from a mature brown coconut

valea

moldy; to have been in place for a long time