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abo donu
adi saele
adjective disseminate information
bookmarkaloha iho
noun self-love
bookmarkamu
verb twirl fibers (with ina); fibers for the manufacture of rope or cloth, etc.
bookmarkanumanga
noun dancing party
bookmarkau taadaaia
verb don’t rush take it easy
bookmarkbupubu
adjective make a lot of noise (not vocal)
bookmarkdaadaa
noun sibling (mostly children’s talk)
bookmarkdaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkdagahi
verb step on, kick with one’s heel
bookmarkdagahia de agau
reef which has been trampled previously by lobster hunters (and therefore is poor for lobstering)
bookmarkdama iai
noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy
bookmarkdanedane
verb an extensive infection of dane
bookmarkdangii
noun fishsp. (= small valu)
bookmarkdaudali
adjective follow (someone)
bookmarkdee gamalie
adjective do very attentively
bookmarkdenaa huu
that is it still
bookmarkdenei donu
this is it for sure
bookmarkdenga meenei
these ones (plural)
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdolo
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkdoloa
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkduu-mmea
noun seacucumber sp.
bookmarkelaaelaa
adjective a sound indicating surprise
bookmarkgai me
adjective eat food
bookmarkgaleve
noun the sap of the coconut tree (taken from the inflorescence)
bookmarkgasogo
verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman
bookmarkgili somo
noun the coconut meat of a germinating coconut (after the coconut apple has been removed)
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhagadania
verb a type of prepared food made from breadfruit
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadubu o de ahi
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduuhuli
verb to create duuhuli
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagailaage
verb setfree
bookmarkhagalili
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo but without the immature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagamanu
verb cause to have disease
bookmarkhagaodea
the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagasengaa
verb make a total of ten million
bookmarkhai be se manu
promiscuous (especially if indiscreetor known to have sexual relations with one’s own relatives)
bookmarkhai daalanga
adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk animatedly
bookmarkhai gaavenga
verb restless (of a child)
bookmarkhai hua laa
do indifferently
bookmarkhale magi
noun hospital,dispensary
bookmarkhenua gee
foreign lands
bookmarkhilo saele
adjective spread venereal disease
bookmarkhine sala daane
noun nymphomaniac
bookmarkhoohoa
verb
huaaboo
noun the whole night long
bookmarkhune
core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkkai laanui
adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro
bookmarkkano mouli
adjective fresh meat (including fish)
bookmarkkolu de henua
pray for the welfare of the whole island(and its population)
bookmarkluu hua
noun labiamajora
bookmarkluu mada
noun face (of a person)
bookmarkluu odaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)
bookmarkmada-galisi
the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadaa sele
noun loop of a lasso or noose
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmaea
noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)
bookmarkmagi dehenua
verb have fever
bookmarkmalo haahine
adjective a dress (female clothing)
bookmarkmalulu
adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)
bookmarkmanava bodo
adjective shortness of breath
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant, insect (excludes fish and humans)
bookmarkmanu hagadigedige
noun top (toy)
bookmarkmanu-gaba-aasanga
noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)
bookmarkme mmala
noun bile
bookmarkmouli
verb to live; be alive
bookmarkmudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarknanu
adjective grumble, complain
bookmarknanumia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarknao
verb to extract by gouging out with a finger
bookmarkoho
verb to do something, or go somewhere, early in the morning
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarksamumu
adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>
bookmarkseloo
numeral millions
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksogoisi loo huu
tigo
defecate
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