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aalinga

adjective moving around just under the water

alaala

noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

anaa muhuu

how about those

babaa

adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions

bakau dahi de manu

not to go fishing when other groups are going

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

bigi

adjective be caught between two or more other things

boo

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noun night

boolleiee

adjective a type of sound, made to frighten someone

buni ange lodo

paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack

daaholi paalaaini

noun fried taro and banana biscuit

dabadaba

noun slipperlobster

dangi a beini

to have smelled ripe pandanus

dauagi

verb dry in the sun

daula sele nui

noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it

degi ange

forgive (someone),pardon (someone)

duadonu

adjective luck, good fortune

dugu dagidahi

verb place (or leave off) one at a time

dugu de uinga

to lay down a new cover of palm frondson uinga

dulagi

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verb, noun seem; appear; appearance, example, situation

dumanu sala

adjective bad situation; poor in appearance

dungagi

verb nod (one’s head)

duu taua

outbreak of war

gaavadu

verb give

gai haganamunamu

adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)

galigi

adjective covered all over with

galugalu

verb any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.

ganimua

noun the eldest child of a couple

gi daha

to the outside; in the environs of

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

goa

noun termite

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

gu gide huu

spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)

haa daha

verb the outer coconut palm frond

haa mee

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noun coconut for drinking

haanau

verb born, be

hadu golaa

a type of hard stone from Pohnpei used to pound sakau

hagabaasi

verb do toward one side

hagabuu ange

blame (someone), incriminate (someone)

hagaduu ngavesi

adjective make boxes

hagamaamaanadu

verb keep reminding or keep remembering

hagamabu

verb die (euphemistic); take a break

hagangadinei

adjective mean; inconsiderate

hagapasa

verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other

hagapasalia

verb convince (several people) completely

hagasolo age

keep postponing or delaying

hanoo seni

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verb go to sleep

hesilihagi gee

to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance

hieunu

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verb thirsty, be

honu baabaa

adjective fill to the brim

hua-laagau

noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)

hulo saele

adjective wander around

ilo

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noun worm

lalo ade

noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)

langona iho maahana

feel punished or victimized

laulau hai daonga

noun a type of basket

lavalava dui

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noun skirt; sewn skirt

lolomango

noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)

luduludu

verb trembling

luu ana

pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

maalama

verb light (not dark),bright

maamaangalo

verb becoming more and more sweet

maanadu iho

adjective think about oneself

maaui

verb givebirth to, born

mada ahodo

verb any place where seawater seeps into the taro bog

madangi

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noun wind

madania teu ngaloto

noun middle finger

mai moni

a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

malau ngudu

noun lips

malili

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adjective scattered

maluilui

adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over

maoha

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adjective broken, be

masa

adjective empty,low (tide)

maseu

adjective to scatter (when in a group)

modu sogosogo

adjective separated from others, and by itself

moenga

bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping

moso

noun black bird species (eats fruit)

ngavali

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adjective bent slightly (not sharply)

ngavalivali

adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)

ngudu maimai

adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome

nguua

verb be nguu

ohua

verb characterized by having ohu

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

ono llau

number six hundred

sagulaa

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noun marlin

salau

adjective inclined, slanting, not straight, not perpendicular to

sao gainga

adjective sweep or cleanup trash

see

adjective barely, just barely

seesee haangoda saele

look for girls

sigi de hagahala

collection (in church), offering (in chrch), sacrifice, tithe

sugulu

noun school

taiseni

adjective sleepy

tama legalega eidu

pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost

tamana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandfather

tubuna aahine

noun grandmother

ubu haohao

type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream

vai

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noun liquid, water

vogi

to shame someone by teasing or insulting them