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aalinga
adjective moving around just under the water
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkadi longo
adjective to tattle
bookmarkadudai
noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)
bookmarkalahenua
noun plot of (bush) land, acreage
bookmarkanaa ai huu
those only then
bookmarkanuanumia age
adjective visibly bobbing up and down in the sea
bookmarkava
adjective relief, be relieved
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbasa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbasa too gee
speak ungrammatically
bookmarkboongia
verb be caught by darkness unexpectedly
bookmarkbulubulu maanadu
noun incomplete idea
bookmarkbuu unga
noun an empty seashell; one of (a pair of) diving goggles
bookmarkbuudunga
noun pile of, group of
bookmarkdaa de masavaa
time’s up it is time for...
bookmarkdalinga bobo
noun having a runny ear (with pus)
bookmarkdau
pronoun your (singular; for singular, alienable noun)
bookmarkde ia
the, thing, it
bookmarkdee maeva
not present, absent
bookmarkdiidiinga
noun manner of urinating
bookmarkdili dai
adjective any current flowing away from the atoll
bookmarkdinana
noun mother, aunt; senior female relative, person in a mothering, or motherly, relationship
bookmarkdoi
noun stain (as for wood)
bookmarkduu mugamuga
noun half of an unripe coconut;buttock
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgaadinga hai ngadi ubu
coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel
bookmarkgaha mea
adjective having orange coconuts (of a coconuttree)
bookmarkgai de baibu
smoke cigarettes
bookmarkgaleve
alcoholic beverage made from the coconut palm
bookmarkgalo
verb stir
bookmarkgalo saele
adjective look around (moving one’s body about)
bookmarkgaso
noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
bookmarkgavadu
adjective
give or carry (something) to you
guao
noun
the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore
guba-dee-gaina
noun fishsp.
bookmarkgulu koi
noun a type of prepared food (breadfruit which has been cooked over hot coals with the skin on)
bookmarkhaa leu
noun a leaf which has turned yellowish-brown
bookmarkhaale
verb adopt, raise (a child)
bookmarkhaame / huame
noun coconut, green
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
noun cushionstarfish
bookmarkhagabasabasalia
verb cause to be convinced
bookmarkhagadau tugi
adjective punch each other
bookmarkhagaheiloo
verb make the acquaintance of
bookmarkhagailonga
verb sign,mark,signal,omen
bookmarkhagamadia
adjective show-off
bookmarkhagapilo
verb let decay; allow to stink
bookmarkhagasaosaohiaanga
noun
hagasegesege ange
allow someone to do as he pleases
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhagasomo de alelo
stickout one’s tongue
bookmarkhai me dogaa
behave with embarrassment or shyness
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhemuu
adjective talk to one another
bookmarkhodo
noun the spine of the stingray
bookmarkhungahunga-a-nui
the flower of the coconut tree
bookmarkivi sulu
noun a dislocation of bones such that the ends overlap (corrected by pulling)
bookmarkkano maailaba
noun the wood next to the core of a tree
bookmarkkona loo
too much
bookmarkladi
verb initiate, begin, start
bookmarklau tulugi
a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava
bookmarklave
adjective be caught on, stuck on
bookmarklebu
verb paint (something); put color on, color (something)
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarkmaalava
the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmadalua maa valu
number twenty eight
bookmarkmadohi age
adjective reach halfway up
bookmarkmaduupaa
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkmagi dabeo
verb menstruation
bookmarkmagimagiaa
adjective frequently magiaa
bookmarkmalianoono
noun fishsp.: lizardfish
bookmarkmalino
verb calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkmalo gahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmalua
noun vagina
bookmarkmanu dolodolo
noun animal (doesn’t include people)
bookmarknengenenge
ngani
adjective going around in a complete circle (likea belt)
bookmarknoholia
verb occupied
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpala boo maasina
the time of the month when rain is most likely to occur (1st quarter)
bookmarksaabudu
noun fishsp. (= large saagahinoa)
bookmarksago
verb tough (like meat); stiff (like a heavy fishing pole)
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksaulolua
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkSeedaa
October
bookmarksege de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarktubuna aahine
noun grandmother
bookmarkubu
kneecap; the shell of a coconut
bookmarkudo
the soft wood around the center of a tree trunk
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