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aha laa

I wonder why

ahe

verb return, go back

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

ao age

daybreak (become daylight)

baasi e haa o de langi

the four quadrants of the sky

babaa

adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions

bane

noun the flat top of the shark’s snout

basa hagassee

verb speak so as to change the impression one’s previous words have made

bogobogo

verb pushed out of shape (as a tin can), rumpled, crumpled

daalonga

noun a wound on the body

dagamanga

noun path, route

dagilanea

adjective each having a lot

dahido lima

noun upper arm

dalimasanga

verb way of tying (rope, etc.)

dalinga bobo

noun having a runny ear (with pus)

dalogo

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noun coconut ice cream made entirely from a young coconut

dama ssege

noun a foetus which has been aborted

damaa dae

adjective skillful at catching flying fish

daogave

noun a type of coconuttree

delaa ai huu

that was it (as before)

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

diinei de lodo

become calmer (after being angry)

dinihu

verb industrious, hardworking

doga

adjective landon (as a bird lands on the branch of a tree)

doi-giva

noun the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore

duaanui

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noun broom

duu

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verb stand

duugunga o de henua

customs of the island (nukuoro)

duunga gima

half of a clam shell

gaba aasanga

noun the sides of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gabi saele

adjective carry around holding

gadi

verb bite

galohia

verb attractive to members of the opposite sex

gau bini baalanga

an iron rod

giado taelodo

noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe

gili dabeo

verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm

gini manu

adjective pick flowers

goai ne siilia

who asked you

gubu vae

noun foot,ankle

gulu daladala

breadfruit with rough skin

gumigumi-o-sogo

noun plantsp.: epiphyticfern(vittaria incurvata cav.)

haahaangoda

verb to fish first in one place, then in another

haahine

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noun, adjective women; female

hagaaloalo-mea

verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)

hagadau-me

adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue

hagaeidu

verb treat as an eidu

hagamanu

verb cause to have disease

hagamele

verb

haganaa

verb to calmdown someone who is excited orunhappy

hagatulu mai

verb ooze out

hai me mudumudu

a habitually mudumudu

henga

noun the name of a name-group

henua monga

noun land (island) of mountains

hhoda age

suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)

hidu llau

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number seven hundred

hilo saele

adjective spread venereal disease

hine sala daane

noun nymphomaniac

hoohoo ina

to frighten with sounds

hulidonu

adjective rightsideout (clothes)

ibu

noun

ioonga

noun way of giving

koi

verb scrape (a single act), scraper

kona odi

too much

langona iho maahana

feel punished or victimized

lau mano

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number hundred thousand

lodo basa

adjective talkative

lodo kabi

verb filled to capacity

luu olaadeu

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pronoun their (for dual, inalienable noun)

luu omaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)

mada-givi

noun fishsp.

madagabubu de maanadu

slow-witted

madalima

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number fifty

madaviiga

verb the needle-like spines on daudu fish

made

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verb look at in an effort to identify or recognize

mahidi

adjective separated from and curled up from

mami

noun papaya; papaya tree

manu

noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)

manu dudu dangada

noun insectsp. (= manu-de-laama)

manu-manga-lua

noun insectsp.: scorpion

maua

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adjective possible

maua

verb to be able to

modomodo mada gii

the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a

moe

adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)

moomoa

balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

mouli age

regain consciousness, rise from thedead

nngie

noun plantsp.: crepemyrtleshrub(pemphis acidula forst.)

nnoa nounu

verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it

odi/b

adjective gone, finished, usedup

ono-laangi

time noun saturday (’sixth day’)

puugunga

noun the slopes of swellings or protuberances

saalua

verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched

salulu

adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)

seevoivoi

adjective cry uncontrollably (hystericallyinaccessible)

sii valavala

spray

soe daa dahi

straight as can be

tai unu

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thirsty

tugilima

noun elbow

ulu-davage

Indian coral tree

valagei

whip black coral

vilidogi

catterbox, a person who speaks fast