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abongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkabuabulu
adjective easily sinkable
bookmarkade
noun liver
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkalohaha
noun throat (of fish only)
bookmarkao ina
inadvertently remain up until daybreak (=aoa)
bookmarkbaasi e haa o de langi
the four quadrants of the sky
bookmarkbaoa age
wash up on shore and beach thereon
bookmarkbasa dua nnui
speak undiplomatically
bookmarkbasa gauligi
adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk
bookmarkbasa hagamao lalo
speak humbly
bookmarkbingibingi
noun plant sp.: tree sp.: hernandia tree (hernandia sonora l.)
bookmarkboolonga
noun testament
bookmarkdaalea
adjective
tired
daane mada daua
noun bravest in war
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdada age
verb raise (a flag)
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdagai
adjective move jerkily, flail (one’s legs), flounder about
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine (extending from a fish, etc.)
bookmarkdali hagavagavaga
verb <= hagavagavaga>
bookmarkdama daane
adjective boy, young man
bookmarkdelaa naa ()
that there will be it (will that be it)
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdevedeve
adjective standing out all over (of feathers, etc.)
bookmarkdonu
adjective understand; truth, right, correct
bookmarkduu biho
adjective haircut; cut hair
bookmarkduunga gima
half of a clam shell
bookmarkege age
raise up (something) from its previous trajectory
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgai lima dahi
to eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)
bookmarkgasogo
verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman
bookmarkgauligi mai ange
the one next younger still
bookmarkgegeno
noun alligator,crocodile
bookmarkgelegele gumi hue
fine-grained sand
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
noun cushionstarfish
bookmarkhagaao
verb cause to be sufficient
bookmarkhagabadabaatai
verb
hagabadabaataianga
noun
hagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagadoa
verb act like a giant
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagaganimuli
verb to treat as a child younger than the eldest
bookmarkhagaholoholoi
verb to use holoholoi
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard as fast as possible
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagasiilangaa mada
noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)
bookmarkhagateve
verb bristle, ready for a fight (of animals)
bookmarkhagi ade
adjective insult (someone)
bookmarkhai de hilihili
hold an election
bookmarkhainga soe
noun a just law
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhano laa uda
adjective go on foot
bookmarkhili de hau
make a hau
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkkano mouli
adjective fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarkkave gi de mahi
obtain by force
bookmarkkumi
verb calculate (do arithmetic),figure out
bookmarklobadia mai
to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
noun a type of medicine (made from coconut oil and centipedes)
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’conversation
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmagaahi
noun embers
bookmarkmalinongia
verb be calmed (e.g., seas)
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmanumanuhi
adjective frequently manuhi
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkmenemene
noun male genital organ
bookmarkmmilosanga
noun a confluence of currents (from below the surface of the sea)
bookmarkmoe danuaa
adjective die in peace
bookmarkmoolau huu
punctual
bookmarkmouli danuaa
easy living, a good life
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngaangaailu
noun hair
bookmarkngani adu
ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarknonu
verb filter,sift
bookmarksomo haahine
a fleshy (non-muscular) man
bookmarktulungaahi
noun hearth, cooking pit/fire
bookmarkvaivai daahili
a dirty song
bookmarkvasu
like
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