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ahangi

noun lagoon

au e dee gai naa loo

I’ll bet you can’t

baguu de laa

past noon

balu

verb to bring one’s hands and arms (or wings) down or back once (as in waving, swimming, or the flapping of a bird’s wings)

bangi dua beau

a certain way of pinching with the fingers

basa madua

adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

biho ngaalulu

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headache

boibala

adjective watery (of prepared food)

boli

verb take special care of

bolo ange

bequeath

daaea

noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)

daagina

verb towing; dragging

daahaa mada giigii

the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo

dae

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noun hand net

dae de ua

have a good time

dagu

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pronoun my (for singular, alienable noun)

dama de gaehala

noun a raincloud (dropping its rain) seen in the distance

damana

noun father (formal)

dangau-daa-sissisi

noun fishsp.: snapper

dangau-ngudu-aahua

noun

dau bodu

adjective married man or woman

deai me ao ai

useless

dee hai gee

be tied (e.g., in a footrace)

dee maeva

not present, absent

denaa ai laa

that was it

doa

noun giant

dolu

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number three

doo ade

a joking expression; literally, ’your liver!’

doo i de ubu

too big in size (of clothes)

duu gee

adjective out of alignment

duubaa

noun one half of an oyster shell

duulua

noun jack (fish sp); large alaala

ea

adjective to surface (while swimming); to be on the surface of the water; stop swimming

ga noho

after a time

gaa gee de nnamu

having a strong odor

gai ngaadahi

adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population

galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

gammenge-olomanga

noun mollusksp.: thais armigera

ganimuumuni

noun a type of string figure

gauanga

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noun thigh

gave ua podo

gima

noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)

gu dee galemu

recovering from an illness (getting better)

gu odi ange ona

he has done all he could

haanoa

verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)

hagabasa

verb cause someone to speak; convince

hagadanuaa magavaa

adjective make peace between people, conciliate

hagadege

verb cause to wiggle the hips once

hagadilimangali

verb to teach someone to dilimangali

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagamaa

verb to treat (someone) as maa2

hagamaanadu

verb remember,remind

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagammidi

noun suction of a sea current, undertow.

hagaoda

noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)

hagaono (ina)

verb make a total of six

hageli

verb a sort of sound in ancient chants

hai daalanga

adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk animatedly

hai hegau hilo

work hypocritically (appearing to follow the rules but secretly violating the prohibitions)

hano gi bouli gee

to transfigure oneself

hhadi

verb snapped off

hhole

verb peel (something)

huui luu lima

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verb wash hands

iho daahagi

adjective a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears

labodo

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noun snake

lamu dada

verb a jerk (e.g., of a line)

lima-pilo

time noun the fifth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

llibo ange luu vae

run

lo te vvela

the hottest part (of the day, of a fire, etc.)

loua ama

verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged

lugu

verb take or obtain something by force

maaua

adjective poisoned (by food)

maava

adjective yawn,belch

madaladala de leo

a clear and high-pitched singing voice

magi nngahu

adjective asthma

mahuda

adjective be awake for a short time; have one’s eyes open

malau age

free of hardship (after having had it)

malino

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silent

manava duuia

adjective nervous, apprehensive (suddenly)

manava i lunga

manu lele vaaligi

noun small bird

me mmilo

noun current (in the sea)

meabo

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adjective true

menemene

noun male genital organ

mmogo

verb insist upon

mogo

noun shoot from a sprouting coconut

mui

verb gathered around (something)

muna de henua

noun the nukuoro language

ngongo

noun birdsp.: commonnoddy (anous stolidus)

niho gai

noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)

pada

adjective be coarse in texture, grain, weave, etc.

pelaoaa

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local bread

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puli

verb grab up all at once

saagule

verb pick head lice

saavale ina

fish or meat which is watery in texture and bad tasting

saohia

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adjective free

singalia

verb overhung

somo

verb grow, develop; coconut apple

sui

change, replace