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abongi baasi

adjective capsize sideways

aha naa

let’s (later)

alaa maa

those there were about (approximately)

alelo-hatuli

noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell

ama

noun outrigger float

anga dua

adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle

baba age

be decided about

bilibili

verb having a tendency to be bili

bolebole

adjective trembling; shaking; inclined to bawl out

bula de ganomada

get mad

daa de gaehala

to swing a jump rope made of gaehala

daa hagapodo

verb

dagaanga

noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook

dahea gi lalo

sink (completely)

dahu

verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire

dalanga a kai

a story which is not true

dangau-dongi

noun fishsp.: snapper

denga hhuge --

upward current

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

dilia ange

give fish to

doli age

adjective obtain the smallest first

duu dalo

noun piece of soft taro

duu molomolo

adjective visible clearly

duuduu manu

noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)

eu doo

noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint

gaagose

noun seacucumber sp.

gabaea

verb to hang oneself (suicide)

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noun crab

galani

adjective almost finished, nearly finished;

giidagi

verb relish (meat or fish, or something substituting for meat or fish, eaten with taro, etc.)

gu hagaola loo

just missed catching

gubulima

noun wrist

Hadu lehu

the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend

hadu-mangeo

noun cushionstarfish

hagaau gee

bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid

hagadaalea

verb ; tiresome

hagadaane

verb to act like a human

hagahoa

noun a boil on the body

hagahula

noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth

hagaiho

verb show (someone) how to climb down

hagailangi-bangi

noun a type of prepared food (bangi soaked in coconut milk)

hagallogo

verb chant (in the old religious ceremony)

hagalooloa

verb lengthen,prolong

hagamaadua

verb be oldest among

hagamanomano

verb make many thousands

hagammuni iho

adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)

hai aha

adjective what relationship

hai me galasi

to steal after having sort of asked for

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verb breastfeed

hakiuu

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noun baseball

hale lau

noun thatch-roofed house (of pandanus leafthatch)

hano

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verb go

hano gaogao

adjective move sideways

hanu ange

some more

haonga lalo de henua

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noun cave

hegide mada

adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)

hilihili

verb choose carefully from among many,election

hoa

noun side (of humans), below the hips

honga de mouli

during the lifetime of

hua manu gai

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noun fruit

hulo saele

adjective wander around

ide boo

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at night

kii iho

adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)

koe se aha

who do you think you are

labaai

verb the confluence, on the reef, of a big wave and the backwash

langi maakau

the sort of rain which is an omen of death

llilo

adjective able to be hooked

llobo

verb to put something in something else

lodo senga

adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)

luu ana

pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

maamasa

adjective

maanessala

adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else

maasina

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noun moon

madaanga hulu maa ono

number sixteen

magi sali usu

headcold,runny nose

mahanahana

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adjective very hot

makaga lodo

adjective stubborn

manavanava

adjective breathing

mao lalo

adjective deep,low (in status)

milo gee

to turn the opposite way

momme hagassoe

noun court (of law)

moomoa

noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)

nanulia

verb the object of a complaint

neve

verb blurred (out of focus)

ngalue ange

increase

ngani mai

ngani toward oneself; fit (of clothes)

ngauda

adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman

ngaue mai

to reduce (in price, etc.)

noodalo

verb duplicate

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adjective gone, finished, used up; already, very (mv.)

pagola

noun bad luck, punishment

saunoa

intensifier very

semada

numeral tens of thousands

sunu

an oil slick on the water’s surface

tainaahine

noun sister

talinga

noun ear

tibidibi

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noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport

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tua

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noun back (body part)

uli

adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)