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abulu
adjective sink (until submerged)
bookmarkadudai
noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)
bookmarkao
verb daylight
bookmarkbaa huu i --
just like
bookmarkbabu honga agau
noun fish sp., wrasse
bookmarkboo i lalo o tangada
the last days of a person’s life
bookmarkbuu de mama
air filled with mama
bookmarkbuu tangada
noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)
bookmarkdalodalo i de lodo
pray silently
bookmarkdao
noun a method of calculating the relative maturity of coconuts by comparing the size of the upper (immature) ones on the tree with the lower (mature) ones; the second of a pair (e.g., dao dogai)
bookmarkdauaalo
verb steady paddling
bookmarkdaula
verb rope (heavy); anchored (of ship)
bookmarkdeai donu
adjective none at all
bookmarkdee haaoa i de gai
gluttonous
bookmarkdee mahana tae
stay for only a short time
bookmarkdelaa ange maalie
that there is exactly right
bookmarkdenei huu
this is it still
bookmarkdenei laa ()
this is that (is this that)
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdookalala
adjective stilts,walk on stilts
bookmarkduguagi
verb be suspicious of (someone)
bookmarkdungu ibo
verb smell (oneself)
bookmarkduu inai
duulua
noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)
bookmarkgada
adjective laugh
bookmarkgai me
adjective eat food
bookmarkgaiaa dau bodu
commit adultery
bookmarkgaimalie
adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)
bookmarkgalo
noun fishsp.: goatfish (= small vede)
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
noun a type of bowl
bookmarkHadu lehu
the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend
bookmarkhadu o de mamu
noun the hard stomach-like organ of certain fish
bookmarkhadu solo bulaga
a taro grater made from a certain type of coral
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagabaa
verb cause to come into contact with; chase by trying to head off
bookmarkhagadagadaga
verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.
bookmarkhagadoe
verb put aside, leave for later, conserve
bookmarkhagadubu o de adu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduu ssaalanga
adjective search intently for
bookmarkhagaduuduulanga
noun a style of construction (consistently followed)
bookmarkhagasahu
verb to catch water (in something)
bookmarkhai be se manu
promiscuous (especially if indiscreetor known to have sexual relations with one’s own relatives)
bookmarkhai de boo (o)
celebrate the birthday (of)
bookmarkhala dudu
a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)
bookmarkhale langadala
noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)
bookmarkhanu age
regain
bookmarkhebaa
adjective be close
bookmarkhonu
green turtle (2 varieties)
bookmarkhonu malingilingi
adjective fill to overflowing
bookmarkisiisi luu gauanga
to tear off (a person’s) legs
lao gau-me
verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills
bookmarklengi
adjective bloated, inflated, swollen up, bulging
bookmarkllimu
noun a small honu
bookmarklo taane
adjective daring, brave, manly
bookmarklodo baba
calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries
bookmarklolo hai haahine
a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)
bookmarklou de gaugau dalinga
pull the trigger (of a gun)
bookmarkmaanga dalogo
noun a handful of dalogo
bookmarkmaavae
adjective separated (two things),divorced
bookmarkmada sua hadu
noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)
bookmarkmagi kino
adjective loss of appetite
bookmarkmaimai sseni
adjective to sleep especially well or restfully
bookmarkmalumalu-tangohi
adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkmaunusi
adjective pulled out,removed (by pulling out)
bookmarkmuimui
verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarkmusa
verb the sound of many little school fish feeding at the surface of the water
bookmarkngadi gai
verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkngau hala
bite someone
bookmarkngu te lodo
noun the edge of the lagoon reef
bookmarkoho iho
adjective come ashore early in the morning
bookmarkpee
adjective pass wind (flatus)
bookmarkpula luu mada
excited with joy
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksahe
noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow
bookmarksai moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarksii diidii
adjective urinate
bookmarktamana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandfather
bookmarkulu-davage
Indian coral tree
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