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abi
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkadaada
dawn (first light)
bookmarkahi dangada
noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)
bookmarkalaa naa loo
those there seem to be
bookmarkanu age
to dance below people
bookmarkau dili uda
an ocean current flowing toward land
bookmarkbaani
adjective lie down
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbalia
adjective master navigator (having also the ability to forecast the weather)
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbido abongi
capsize eventually
bookmarkboobua
noun dragonfly
bookmarkbuaalali
verb flood tide
bookmarkdaa (dau)
chanting (of old chants)
bookmarkdaahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdama de gaehala
noun a raincloud (dropping its rain) seen in the distance
bookmarkdangada de henua
noun natives of nukuoro
bookmarkdangi daudau
adjective cry uncontrollably (for a long time)
bookmarkdatada
verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
bookmarkdaula hagalevaleva
noun a swing (made of rope)
bookmarkdemee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdenei ange naa
about this
duu ubu haohao
piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil
bookmarkgai me hagadau doa
eat as though competing against othereaters in a test of manliness(e.g., to eat fish with the scales and all)
bookmarkgai niivoi
verb to eat food without washing one’s hands after having prepared a corpse for burial
bookmarkgau anga
noun thigh
bookmarkgemo
adjective fast, swift
bookmarkgeugeu
verb shake one’s head back and forth;
bookmarkgubu dae
noun intestines which appear to havesegmentation
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaahaanialo
verb to put haanialo on in several places
bookmarkhagadau tugi
adjective punch each other
bookmarkhagadoo dai
adjective to fish off the reef for tuna
bookmarkhagamaasei mai
make smaller (toward one)
bookmarkhagamabu
verb die (euphemistic); take a break
bookmarkhagasebugi
verb make a total of one billion
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhau baba
verb tie up temporarily (not as securely asif permanently)
bookmarkhhadu
adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)
bookmarkhhui age
eat a snack
bookmarkhoe
verb blisters on the skin caused by sunburn
bookmarkholiholi
noun build (of a person); appearance(distinctive of an individual)
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkhuligee
turn away from, turn inside out (of clothes)
bookmarkiloo me
adjective charlatanism
bookmarkkai, dalanga
story
bookmarkkava
adjective to feel uncomfortably warm
bookmarklaba
verb flash (as of lightning)
bookmarklabua gee lodo
to have an upset stomach (being on the point of nausea)
bookmarklanga
verb weave
bookmarkllena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarklluu
adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmada tea gee
white as a sheet (of a person)
bookmarkmadegi
adjective be jerked
bookmarkmademadea ange
feel sleepy
bookmarkmagaahi
noun embers
bookmarkmagi nngali
verb any sickness leading to emaciation (e.g., t.b.); a wasting illness (terminal)
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
pigeon
masaala
verb clear-headed
bookmarkmau goloa
rich in material possessions
bookmarkme duu
clitoris
bookmarkmmala
adjective sour; bitter
bookmarkmmau gava
adjective known by heart, memorized, know (how to do something) well
bookmarkmoe
adjective closed (e.g. eyes, flowers)
bookmarkmolomolo iho (age)
adjective appear clearly
bookmarkmuaamoni
a song formerly sung while dancing
bookmarkmuna daemaha
noun words which hurt
bookmarkngadi hanonga
a useless journey
bookmarkngae
noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.
bookmarkngaobo
verb easily bent out of shape
bookmarkngu te
noogele
verb to tie a knot so that it is difficult to untie
bookmarkodi iho
just finished
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarkpula-laalaa
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarksae mai
break through the bush (toward one)
bookmarkse ungaa husi gee
do something different from thatwhich was intended
bookmarkSeedaa
October
bookmarkssuanga
stained in one place
bookmarkvakaa
be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation
bookmarkvalagei
whip black coral
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