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aadiidii
verb dry (something) by artificial heat
bookmarkaahee ange
what else
bookmarkaamuli
noun descendants (in all inferior generations)
bookmarkadu
noun fishclub (priest)
bookmarkaloalo gaadinga
noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap
bookmarkau ga sano
I give up
bookmarkbaageaa iho
adjective weakening (becoming weaker)
bookmarkbalagelage gee
severely crippled
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbili makaga
love
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdaa hagasaalei
verb make a striped design in tatooing
bookmarkdaa hatau
verb beat unmercifully
bookmarkdaa iho
adjective go toward the lagoon (from land)
bookmarkdaadaangia
verb pull continuously
bookmarkdaaloa
verb to have been stabbed (esp. accidentally by hanga)
bookmarkdai bigi
adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdaladala
adjective rough in texture (as perceived overtime); fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdamaa dogi
adjective skillful in the use of an adze
bookmarkdamaa me
adjective
small
daohi taelodi
adjective keep a record of
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdebele
noun table
bookmarkdee vasu
fearless (socially); inconsiderate
bookmarkdodi
adjective have a limp (physical condition)
bookmarkdogoduli
adjective crouch on all fours
bookmarkdubua
noun a person of extraordinary ability
bookmarkduu duli
adjective kneel
bookmarkduuduu
verb
stand around (idly); defecate
gaba aasanga
noun the sides of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkganae-oo
noun fishsp.: threadfin
bookmarkgano niho
noun gums (of mouth)
bookmarkgau hadu
noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgelu-hai-usu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagadubu o madaligi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahedae
verb make equal; go to meet
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a placefor their nesting
bookmarkhagalaangaa
verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)
bookmarkhagalongaa
adjective <= hagalongoaa>
bookmarkhagaluelueia
verb repeatedly hagalueia
bookmarkhagamaanadu
verb remember,remind
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
procrastinate (about work); refuse toparticipate in work
bookmarkhagasugisugi
verb repeatedly shorten or abbreviate
bookmarkhai dodo
verb bleeding profusely
bookmarkhai me moolau
an habitually fast worker
bookmarkhai me mule me
habitually slow or late
bookmarkhaula
verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)
bookmarkio alo
noun lower io, q.v.
bookmarkise ngaio
noun needlefish
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarklaagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
lau kena
noun leaves (or hair) that have lost their natural healthy color
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarkllama
verb fish for flying fish (at night)
bookmarkllava
verb
finished
llena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarkllibo ange luu vae
run
bookmarklodo lanea
adjective large in volume
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
castes (two) of aboriginal nukuoro society
bookmarkmaadau dae ssae
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaavae
adjective separated (two things),divorced
bookmarkmagi hai dama
morningsickness (of pregnancy)
bookmarkmahulu
noun wakefulness
bookmarkmaluulu
adjective cool
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmateedea
verb pustular
bookmarkmmule
adjective slow,late
bookmarkmolomolo de biho
round-headed
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
mui
verb gathered around (something)
bookmarkmuna madua
noun words used only by elders (which are not normally part of a child’s vocabulary)
bookmarkngudu aahua
islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarknoho
verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated
bookmarkolongaa
noun plantsp.: treesp.: a shrubbytree sp. (pipturus argenteus (forst.f.) wedd.)
bookmarksamua
verb slandered; to have been an object of gossip
bookmarksau
noun
sausaubaligi
verb always saubaligi
bookmarkse gava
know (how to do something) well
bookmarksebu
adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarksoaa lodo
noun the paddlers of a canoe which is engaged in catching flying fish
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarksumu ina
to make diamond-shaped designs in plaiting, or lashing
bookmarktangada dee doo gi de me
uncouth person
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