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abongi baasi
adjective capsize sideways
bookmarkaha naa
let’s (later)
bookmarkalaa maa
those there were about (approximately)
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkama
noun outrigger float
bookmarkanga dua
adjective an adze blade which is set at a right angle to its handle
bookmarkbaba age
be decided about
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkbolebole
adjective
trembling
bula de ganomada
get mad
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdaa hagapodo
verb
dagaanga
noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdahea gi lalo
sink (completely)
bookmarkdahu
verb start a fire (or an engine); build a fire
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdangau-dongi
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdenga hhuge --
upward current
bookmarkdiimadamadanoa
noun the ninth child of a couple
bookmarkdilia ange
give fish to
bookmarkdoli age
adjective obtain the smallest first
bookmarkduu dalo
noun piece of soft taro
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduuduu manu
noun a diving platform (made from a tree stuck in a coral head)
bookmarkeu doo
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgaagose
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgalani
adjective
almost finished, nearly finished;
giidagi
verb relish (meat or fish, or something substituting for meat or fish, eaten with taro, etc.)
bookmarkgu hagaola loo
just missed catching
bookmarkgubulima
noun wrist
bookmarkHadu lehu
the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend
bookmarkhadu-mangeo
noun cushionstarfish
bookmarkhagaau gee
bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadaane
verb to act like a human
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagahula
noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagaiho
verb show (someone) how to climb down
bookmarkhagailangi-bangi
noun a type of prepared food (bangi soaked in coconut milk)
bookmarkhagallogo
verb chant (in the old religious ceremony)
bookmarkhagalooloa
verb lengthen,prolong
bookmarkhagamaadua
verb be oldest among
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagammuni iho
adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)
bookmarkhai aha
adjective what relationship
bookmarkhai me galasi
to steal after having sort of asked for
bookmarkhale lau
noun thatch-roofed house (of pandanus leafthatch)
bookmarkhano gaogao
adjective move sideways
bookmarkhanu ange
some more
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkhoa
noun side (of humans), below the hips
bookmarkhonga de mouli
during the lifetime of
bookmarkhulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkkii iho
adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)
bookmarkkoe se aha
who do you think you are
bookmarklabaai
verb the confluence, on the reef, of a big wave and the backwash
bookmarklangi maakau
the sort of rain which is an omen of death
bookmarkllilo
adjective able to be hooked
bookmarkllobo
verb to put something in something else
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaamasa
adjective
maanessala
adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa ono
number sixteen
bookmarkmagi sali usu
headcold,runny nose
bookmarkmakaga lodo
adjective stubborn
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmao lalo
adjective deep,low (in status)
bookmarkmilo gee
to turn the opposite way
bookmarkmomme hagassoe
noun court (of law)
bookmarkmoomoa
noun balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkneve
verb blurred (out of focus)
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkngani mai
ngani toward oneself; fit (of clothes)
bookmarkngauda
adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman
bookmarkngaue mai
to reduce (in price, etc.)
bookmarknoodalo
verb duplicate
bookmarkpagola
noun bad luck, punishment
bookmarksaunoa
intensifier very
bookmarksemada
numeral tens of thousands
bookmarksunu
an oil slick on the water’s surface
bookmarktainaahine
noun sister
bookmarktalinga
noun ear
bookmarktibidibi
noun ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
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bookmarkuli
adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)
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