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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkalaa naa
those only
bookmarkao de me
noun daytime
bookmarkau e dee gai naa loo
I’ll bet you can’t
bookmarkbaasanga tugi ange muna
talk back
bookmarkbae mamu
noun fish weir
bookmarkbaieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbalabalagula
adjective habitually clumsy
bookmarkbasabasalia
verb be talked about frequently
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbonga
adjective bent, curved, defective (of fruit)
bookmarkbunibuni
adjective be more-or-less together
bookmarkbuu goede
worthless or useless <’like an octopus without a head’>
bookmarkdaa
noun fish sp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdaa
verb
to make a sharp turn
daelodo
noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdangada haangoda
noun fisherman
bookmarkdauulu
verb verdant (indicating growing well)
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdui mamu
noun a string of fish
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkduu munimuni
adjective hideandseek (a game)
bookmarkduulua
noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)
bookmarke dee haalo
refuse to accept (something)
bookmarkgabe manava
adjective eat sparingly (just enough to maintain one’s strength), have a snack
bookmarkgabi
verb hold something between two (or more)other things; grab (between other things, e.g., fingers)
bookmarkgage
verb climb; climb up on
bookmarkgai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkganabu
noun the base of a coconut tree trunk
bookmarkgede gabi de husi
noun
a type of basket
giado
outrigger boom
bookmarkgosigosia
verb scratched (of something solid only)
bookmarkhadu solo bulaga
a taro grater made from a certain type of coral
bookmarkHadu-lehu
the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend.
bookmarkhagaaha
verb cause to do what
bookmarkhagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagamadahuuhua
verb cause to have pimples
bookmarkhagangadaa
verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)
bookmarkhagasaalunga de lungi
a member of the Christian Endeavor Society
bookmarkhai me moolau
an habitually fast worker
bookmarkhai sseu
verb wasteful
bookmarkhakide
verb to reveal oneself to someone (of a ghost); to show (familiarize with)
bookmarkhale pono
noun prison, jail
bookmarkhhule
verb to expose the head of the penis by pulling back the foreskin
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
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hulu manu
noun feathers
bookmarkkala
adjective fragrance (esp. of food)
bookmarkkona odi
too much
bookmarkkosi
noun mollusksp.: cardium sp.
bookmarklaagau
wood, stick (of wood)
bookmarklaagau-doi
noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made
bookmarkllabu
verb claw
bookmarkloeaa
a type of game
bookmarklongoaa
adjective <= longaa>
bookmarklua lodo
adjective undecided
bookmarklugu me
adjective having a tendency to take by force
bookmarkma gu
and then
bookmarkmaadau dae ssae
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaahuge
maalava
verb the fatty part of the turtle
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmaanessala
adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama
time noun november (’eleventh month’)
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmamu-duagaa
noun fishsp.: stingray
bookmarkme dili uda
noun an ocean current which comes towards the atoll
bookmarkmmoli
verb haul (all at once or as fast as possible)
bookmarkmmoli gee
haul away from
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarknoodalo
duplicate
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck, punishment
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksavini gee
run away
bookmarkse biho
clever (scheme or trick)
bookmarksiili
noun a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksilisilivaahea
verb frequently silivaahea
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