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aahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkaduisiisi
noun one’s first spouse
bookmarkaoa-laosedi
noun gorgonian (coelenterate), false blackcoral
bookmarkbaoa age
wash up on shore and beach thereon
bookmarkboibala
adjective watery (of prepared food)
bookmarkbulubulu hegau
noun unimportant work
bookmarkdada alohagi
adjective trolling
bookmarkdalepagi
adjective fight hand-to-hand
bookmarkdalodalo keli
adjective pray earnestly
bookmarkdangada duaagau
adjective an avid fisherman
bookmarkdangi de musu
hear whispering (of others)
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdao o de nui
(topmost) roof support poles, wall plates(from the size of which one can estimate the maturity of those below)
bookmarkdauaabulu
verb nearly sunk
bookmarkdaumaha daahili
noun song service (in church)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdenaa donu
that is it for sure
bookmarkdenaa laa ()
that is it there (is that it there)
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doli age
adjective obtain the smallest first
bookmarkdoo de gulabe
prolapsed rectum
bookmarkdua alohagi
noun fishingline of a size appropriate fortrolling
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkduadae
verb gullible, be a sucker
bookmarkdugi de lodo
to fish in various places (in the lagoon) in order to catch as many fish (of any kind) as possible
bookmarkdungu
verb smell (something)
bookmarkduu-baeao
noun fishsp.: filefish
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of Nukuoro atoll
bookmarkgaalau
noun birdsp.: brownbooby
bookmarkgaini
noun any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgaleva
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkganae oo
threadfin fish
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgii talinga
adjective tinnitus
bookmarkhada
noun
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse
hadu goinga
noun boundary stone
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagabido
verb
carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end
hagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagaida de gauvae
to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)
bookmarkhagalaudodole
verb cause to grow small
bookmarkhagamaalama
verb brighten,illuminate
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagapuuninga
noun a total of
bookmarkhagasomo de alelo
stickout one’s tongue
bookmarkhai moni
adjective sailor
bookmarkhale haahine
noun a house of prostitution
bookmarkhale magi
noun hospital,dispensary
bookmarkhanga benu
adjective to extract pandanus seeds by splitting the fruit
bookmarkhauhausanga
noun
haunga
noun manner of wearing a flower garland
bookmarkhhano
verb wash one’s own hands (or mouth)
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhonu-uda
noun insectsp. (small and turtle-like)
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkiai sago
adjective having special ability (strength, power, etc.) which others do not have, a strong or powerful (person)
bookmarkkangi odi
adjective too sharp
bookmarklaa tua
besides
bookmarklagolagoanga
noun way of being many
bookmarklama
a dry coconut leaf
bookmarklanga
verb weave
bookmarklaso paava
verb skinny (of people)
bookmarklilo bule
adjective covered up completely
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmade sala
adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another
bookmarkmahola
adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)
bookmarkmasagage
adjective good at fighting
bookmarkmasavaa alodahi
noun always
bookmarkmau
adjective to finish defecating
bookmarkmmau gava
adjective known by heart, memorized, know (how to do something) well
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mosongenge
a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmouli danuaa
adjective easy living, a good life
bookmarknabe
verb to hook under the waistband or belt
bookmarkngaue
adjective move (oneself), moved
bookmarknoonogia
verb bloated from ingesting too much fat
bookmarkono llau
number six hundred
bookmarkpoo
adjective grab or catch in a single act
bookmarksiba
verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking
bookmarksigo de muna
remember what one has heard
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksii valavala
spray
bookmarksiili
a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarktangada ssele
stupid ass!
bookmarktugi lima
noun elbow
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