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aahee laa
which were those
bookmarkagaaga
noun having lots of roots
bookmarkbahhaa
adjective to make a sound, like that of a turtle gasping for breath; the sound of air exhaled suddenly
bookmarkboda
verb straggly (hair or feathers)
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbulu giidagi
noun a type of caulking compound, made from bulu and sap
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaa de baalanga
ring the bell
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdaane sauaa
noun a person of extraordinary ability; shark (euphemism)
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdae maduu
noun a method of pulling flying fish into the canoe with a hand net
bookmarkdaelodo dee odi ange
oddnumber
bookmarkdaogave
noun
a type of coconuttree
dau
noun chant (ancient)
bookmarkdee lago dae
not really good or sufficient, etc.
bookmarkdele
verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)
bookmarkdiinonga
adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)
bookmarkdili ebuebu
verb exhalation of air under water (formingbubbles)
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkduilaa
verb to be unable to attract members of the opposite sex
bookmarkduu biho
adjective haircut; cut hair
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgabuibui
noun a type of prepared food (made with dried taro)
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgalababa
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit skin)
bookmarkgalevaleva
bird species
bookmarkganae
noun fishsp.: mullet
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoli manu
adjective pick flowers
bookmarkgoluu
pronoun you (dual)
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagabuu ange
blame (someone), incriminate (someone)
bookmarkhagadae
verb to give a hand net to
bookmarkhagadagodo
verb cause to lie down or remain; illustrate by examples
bookmarkhagadanuaa magavaa
adjective make peace between people, conciliate
bookmarkhagadau doolohi
adjective chase each other
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagahale
verb begin to form (of a situation)
bookmarkhagahonu age lodo
verb feel uncomfortably sated with food and unable to eat
bookmarkhagahulu
verb make a total of ten
bookmarkhagassogaanga
noun
hagatugu tai
adjective ebbing of tide
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhauala
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhhuge
verb open (something),uncover
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhoe gabegabe
noun a canoe paddle (for paddling)
bookmarkhono
verb a patch (on clothes, or a canoe, etc.)
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
noun the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkiga
noun fish (archaic, except in compounds)
bookmarkiho
adjective
get down, climb down; down
kalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarklanga de gubenga
to pull up a gubenga to store it away
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkluu hadu a moidigi
noun stone-like organs in the top of the head of flying fish
bookmarkluu mada
noun face (of a person)
bookmarkluu panava
noun scrotum (whole thing)
bookmarkmaanu iho
adjective to begin to fish while maanu
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadalua maa dolu
number twenty three
bookmarkmalo haahine
adjective a dress (female clothing)
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkme hagasili
a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)
bookmarkmmano
noun thousands
bookmarkmmene ono me
to be unable to go to the toilet, owing to the approach of people
bookmarkmoe danuaa
adjective die in peace
bookmarkmogo
noun coconutapple (young and edible)
bookmarkmoumousi
adjective repeatedly being mousi
bookmarkneve
verb blurred (out of focus)
bookmarkngauda
adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman
bookmarkniho ngalo
molar teeth, wisdom teeth
bookmarkniho vaiuu
noun milkteeth, deciduousteeth
bookmarknnadu
verb to receive a shock (as when hit, or by an explosion)
bookmarknoho hagamaaiongi
adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)
bookmarknoodagi
verb forbidden to use (esp. plants reservedfor the owner’s use by tying the trunk)
bookmarkodaoda
noun driftwood (any sort)
bookmarkoga
to husk (a coconut) with a sharp stick
bookmarksagea gee
extremely sagea
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksiba
verb move to one side (involuntarily) whilewalking
bookmarksigi de hagahala
collection (in church), offering (in chrch), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksiilinga a muna
noun trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksomo
adjective grow, develop; coconutapple
bookmarkssuonioni
sand
bookmarktinana o dogu bodu
noun mother-in-law
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarkulunga hala
a pillow made from a pandanus log, having various magical uses
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