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aahulu

verb to leave food cooking overnight

adu ange laa

the one following the one in question

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noun root

ahe iho

diminish (in intensity)

alo-uli

adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)

anaa laa

these (there) which were there

anaa nei

those now

baasua

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noun clam

basa dau donu

speak moderately

bau

adjective to be worth it

beelu

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noun lizard

bodubodu-o-uda

noun insect sp.

bole gi de gai

eat ravenously

bolili

noun a type of prepared food

boo hagalele mouli

a night on which the making of noise is permitted (i.e., on certain holidays)

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

buliaamo

adjective sad

daabui

verb enclose

dagamanga

noun path, route

dai bigi

adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout

dalahalu

noun plantsp.: treesp. (allophylustimorensis (dc.) bl.)

dalodalo keli

adjective pray earnestly

datada de galomada

twitching of an eye

dau makaga

adjective tightly stretched (not slack)

dauaa

verb wrinkled

daula hagalevaleva

noun a swing (made of rope)

daumaha hagalava

noun evensong (last service of the day)

davage

noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)

denga meenaa

those ones (plural)

diimolalaaidu

noun the tenth child of a couple

doo lodolodo

risky,unreliable

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

dua nnui

adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)

duu-o-de-hine

anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)

duu-uli

noun seacucumber sp.

gede aola

noun a type of basket

gelu-agau

noun fishsp.: tang

gidee iho

adjective be aware of oneself

haahaanialo

verb to put haanialo on in several places

haangoda de agau

a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)

hagailaage

verb setfree

hagalongolongo ngadaa

adjective slow to respond to suggestions or commands (because resisting)

hagammidi

noun suction of a sea current, undertow.

hagamoolau

verb hurry,rush

hagasingano

verb cause to bear singano

hai daalanga

adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk animatedly

hakaa tuai

to sharpen a coconut grater blade

hakii

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noun esophagus; trachea

hale baabaa

noun frame house

halihalibaa

noun flatfish

hanu ana dama

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verb have children

haonga lalo de henua

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noun cave

heboohagi

adjective fight

hinangalosaa

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adjective sad

hinangalosaa iho

adjective self-pity

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

kaso

adjective narrow

kii age

move upward; reach a certain age

kii mai

decreasing

langa de moana

becoming stormy (of the sea)

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

libi

verb do rapidly (esp. a repeated action done energetically)

lie

noun lice eggs

lluhi

adjective an access (of emotion or sensory impression)

lodo mao lalo

characteristically hagamao lalo; self-effacing, meek in spirit

maadau duiagi

noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)

maaniha

adjective strongly desirous of

maaua

adjective poisoned (by food)

mada madangi

adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)

madahidu

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number seventy

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

magi haahine

adjective menstruation

mago de henua

noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)

mahangahanga

adjective cracked in many places

mahi

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adjective strong

malianoono

lizard fish

manadu

verb think

masavavvava

adjective having many holes (like a screen)

meamea --

adjective becoming red

mmidi

verb suck, suction (e.g., of sea current)

mmoli gee

haul away from

mmuni

adjective hidden,hide

muna abo donu

truth

ngago gaago

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noun chicken egg

ngii

verb a high-pitched sound

ono

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pronoun his several, her several, its several

osi

a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling

paa de mahedua

sneeze loudly

pigi

adjective be stuck

saagahinoa

noun fishsp. (= small saabudu)

sambagidaa

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noun plant species with small white flowers

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samouli

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noun Nukuoro deity

savini

adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)

seevoivoia

verb to be in the state of seevoivoi

sisi

mollusk, sp. Neritidae

solo luu lima

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verb wash hands

tangada madua

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noun old person

uua

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neck

vange de hagaboo

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verb give greetings