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aboabo
adjective become accustomed to
bookmarkabongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkadi saele
adjective disseminate information
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkanga gi lodo
adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle
bookmarkbaalanga uli
noun cast iron
bookmarkbauanga
noun worth, value
bookmarkboolonga
noun testament
bookmarkbuugani
adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)
bookmarkdagu age
say out loud
bookmarkdahi de gumigumi
shave one’s beard
bookmarkdama de bialodo
noun
deformed foetus
dama lalo
noun a person who has visited other far-awaylands
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkdelaa ai laa
that there was it
bookmarkdeledele kau
adjective
walk proudly
diidii ange
urinate against
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdilia ange
give fish to
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut
bookmarkdoo me (ai)
verb make fun of, ridicule
bookmarkdugu gee
put aside, setaside; treat (a person) differently from others
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object such as a mat
bookmarkeu doo
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgaadinga gaha paa
noun a coconut with an unusually small-sized kernel
bookmarkgada
noun fishsp.: jack
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngaadai
noun fishsp.
bookmarkgaha
noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkganaudogo
noun
an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat
gaso
roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgau laagau
noun the shaft of a spear
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoloa baalanga
noun metal-working tools
bookmarkgoonanga
noun a record set by an individual (or team)
bookmarkhaa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhadu golaa
a type of hard stone from Pohnpei used to pound sakau
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagallongo de lau nui
to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves
bookmarkhagamabu age
return to land from sea (esp. of birds)
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagamau
verb to strive to become acquainted with
bookmarkhagasebaga
verb make a total of ten billion
bookmarkhagatanga
adjective funny, silly
bookmarkhagatolongia
verb slack off completely on (a rope)
bookmarkhakide
verb to reveal oneself to someone (of a ghost); to show (familiarize with)
bookmarkhanu mee
noun secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkhhoa de lae
to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhidi
verb
to topple over
io
noun a quarter of the body of a tuna when it is cut lengthwise
bookmarkkumi
verb to squeeze by grabbing
bookmarklau-gadaha
noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmaailaba
noun axis (or long thing through the center of something)
bookmarkmaailaba
noun September
bookmarkmaanetonu
adjective act cautiously
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmadagabubu de maanadu
slow-witted
bookmarkmadagauhala
noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area
bookmarkmahedua
noun sneeze
bookmarkmahulu
noun wakefulness
bookmarkmanu laosedi
noun seaanimal; marineinvertebrates
bookmarkmanu lele vaaligi
noun small bird
bookmarkmanu-alioo
noun plantsp.: a variety of taro
bookmarkmassogosogo
adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe
bookmarkme hagadaahao
noun toy
bookmarkmmule
adjective slow,late
bookmarkngadau age
older
bookmarkngadoa
verb to have ngado
bookmarkngalogu
adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)
bookmarknngao dalinga
hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarknoho
verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkolo
an area in which sand has accumulated; beach; sand spit
bookmarkse biho
clever (scheme or trick)
bookmarksiilinga a muna
trial or formal inquiry
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarksogosogoisi
adjective
somo boi
grow abnormally (having defects)
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarkvalaai tao
dye
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