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abulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkago i me
copy, imitate
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkalobagi
verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll
bookmarkanga gee
turn one’s attention away from
bookmarkbaluu
noun coconut crab
Example: Crancs dels cocoters a Bora-Bora. by Brocken Inaglory, 2006, CC BY-SA 3.0 via ca.wikipedia.org
bookmarkbangabanga
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbapaba
adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)
bookmarkbaulia
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkbunaa
noun the trail left behind a canoe paddle in the water (or a similar disturbance of the water)
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdagodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
damaa dae
adjective skillful at catching flying fish
bookmarkdangau-paava
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdau maagau
noun a period during which many people die
bookmarkdiiloo
verb look after; look at attentively
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgabola
flatten out something mushy
bookmarkgadunga
noun fire-plow
bookmarkgalavagu
noun spongesp.
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgano
noun flesh of,meat of
bookmarkgau dagodo
noun the boom of a sail
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
gida ma gida
each individual...
bookmarkgii talinga
tinnitus
bookmarkgolee bukaliaa
golomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkgulabe
noun rectum
bookmarkhadahada ama
noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe
bookmarkhagaau gee
bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagaduu me
miserly
bookmarkhagaligiligi
verb to speed up (to get over with)
bookmarkhagamaasui
noun a current which flows to the left
bookmarkhagamabulia
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagaongaonga
verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music
bookmarkhagapago sala
unfortunate result
bookmarkhagapogo
verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up.
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhai naa hanu me
something will happen...
bookmarkhalaasola
noun mollusksp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkhanange
adjective go to
bookmarkhhoa de lae
to run into misfortune as a result of one’s evil deeds
bookmarkhili gee
sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)
bookmarkhua ai
be inchargeof
bookmarkhudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidalwave
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkigohinga
noun way of using igohi
bookmarkinau
verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light
bookmarkkai laanui
adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro
bookmarkkano made
adjective slightly aged meat
bookmarkkena
noun pale; whitish yellow
bookmarkkobu dango
adjective the splash of a small object (like a dango) hitting the water at high velocity
bookmarklaamasee
noun a divination result indicating good fortune
bookmarklagolagoaa
verb destroy or abuse property (for no goodreason); vandalism
bookmarklamu
verb do some bad deed suddenly or by surprise
bookmarkllilo mai
decreasing (in number); becoming less
bookmarklodo mmahi
adjective persistent,patient,persevering
bookmarkloigulu
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkluu ogu
pronoun my (for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkma te
maadau dagi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaisi
adjective peeled off
bookmarkmalaia
adjective have luck which is unexpected (esp. bad, in which case considered retribution for past deeds)
bookmarkmalibilibi
noun crack (of a whip)
bookmarkmami
noun papaya; papaya tree
bookmarkmanu aabi
noun kite
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
birdsp.
masole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkme
me duu
noun clitoris
bookmarknamuaa
verb a sore on the lips (believed to result from missing a meal)
bookmarkngadolia
verb to have ngado
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarknnadu
verb to receive a shock (as when hit, or by an explosion)
bookmarknoho mai (adu, ange)
resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)
bookmarknohu
noun fishsp.: stone-fish
bookmarksaalua
verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched
bookmarksali dodo
bleed
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarksisi baalasi
verb printing (block letters)
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarkssanu
lick
bookmarkssege tama
miscarriage
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