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adilo
noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire
bookmarkadudai
noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)
bookmarkalaa ai
those only
bookmarkalaa ange huu
that there
alo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa ai laa
those then were those
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkaoaonga
noun way of staying up until daybreak
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkbasa pada
adjective speak harshly
bookmarkbelu
noun lizard sp.
bookmarkbonabona age
become fearful
bookmarkbusi
noun cat
bookmarkdagihia
how many for each
bookmarkdama doe
noun the fourth child born to a couple
bookmarkdama naale
noun a talkative, deceitful person
bookmarkdamadanga
noun origin, source
bookmarkdangau-paava
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdeleulu
verb good at catching tuna
bookmarkdemeenaa
that one where you are
bookmarkdenei ai laa
this is that then
bookmarkdoa
noun giant
bookmarkdogaa
adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdoo
noun an evil scheme
bookmarkduu munimuni
hide and seek (game)
bookmarkgamu
verb coral (any kind)
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgili dalo
hillock
bookmarkhaanialo
verb a bracing cross-beam <>
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhadu-bunga
noun mollusksp.: chama iostoma
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak
bookmarkhagadai
verb furnish salt to
bookmarkhagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagadoopeva
verb playatrickon
bookmarkhagaduu ngae
adjective earnestly; to the limits of one’s capacity; struggle (e.g., to complete work)
bookmarkhagahonu
verb fill up; to fully realize one’s potential (for happiness, etc.)
bookmarkhagalaangaa
verb teach to plait (mats, etc.)
bookmarkhagamalele
verb complete (something); kill (someone)
bookmarkhagapogo
verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up.
bookmarkhagasebaga
verb make a total of ten billion
bookmarkhagassui age
eat or drink just a little bit
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai daalanga
adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk animatedly
bookmarkhai samu
verb to gossip
bookmarkhakoobai
verb put a hat on (someone)
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhesilihagi gee
to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance
bookmarkhilo saele
adjective spread venereal disease
bookmarkhoohanga
adjective a nest (of birds); pumice stone (found as driftwood)
bookmarkhuluhulu mata
noun eyebrow
bookmarkkabi
verb tight (of clothes),stuffed
bookmarkkadi gauvae
adjective to clench one’s teeth (from cold)
bookmarkkalo talinga
adjective clean out, or scratch, inside the ear
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklangadia
verb able to remain afloat with a load
bookmarklebu
verb paint (something); put color on, color (something)
bookmarklengi
adjective bloated, inflated, swollen up, bulging
bookmarklipaidonga
noun mollusksp.: turbo petholatus
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective contented,happy
bookmarkloongia
verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmadaa moni
noun prow of a canoe
bookmarkmade sala
adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another
bookmarkmadohi age
adjective reach halfway up
bookmarkmahi bodo
adjective easily tired
bookmarkmaidigi
noun august
bookmarkmalui
adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose
bookmarkmanu-de-laama
noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light
bookmarkmanu-hai-hagahoa
noun millipede
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkmmade gimoo
adjective to die in great numbers
bookmarkmmae tinae
adjective convulsed with laughter
bookmarkngongo
noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)
bookmarkniho gaina
noun teeth with cavities
bookmarkpala ivi
adjective work beyond one’s endurance
bookmarksagana
verb watch carefully, keep an eye on
bookmarksalaa
noun fishsp.: flyingfish
bookmarksaudia
verb be exposed to the wind (not sheltered)
bookmarksavasavaa
verb getting closer to the time (of happening)
bookmarksee
adjective cry aloud
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarktainadaane o dogu bodu
noun brother in law
bookmarktegi
adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)
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