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abodonu

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kind

abuabulu

adjective easily sinkable

anaa ange maalie

those are exactly right

baa donu

adjective skillful at fighting (opp. of baa sala)

baadunga

noun punishment

baagia

verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap

babu daaea

noun fish sp., snapper

badabadai

adjective having a tendency to meddle in others’ affairs

balagelage gee

severely crippled

biibii

adjective ejaculate repeatedly

boaa ina mai

prevented from coming by being caught in a storm

boobua

noun dragonfly

bunei

noun fish sp.: batfish

buugani

adjective be (in fact) slow-moving (while attempting to hurry)

daa de gaehala

to swing a jump rope made of gaehala

daahili lo te gohu

a popular (secular) song

daia e sseni

very sleepy

dama naale

noun a talkative, deceitful person

dangada hagao me

storekeeper

dauoni-baabaa

noun fishsp. (a rare school fish which looks like saniba)

denga daanunga

noun graves

denga mee naa

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those ones (plural)

dogi hoda

noun a heavy adze, used for hollowing out logs and the like

dohu lodo

adjective full to capacity

donga

noun plantsp.: orientalmangrove(bruguiera gymnorhiza (l.) lam.)

dugu de gumigumi

allow one’s beard to grow, unshaven

duudae

noun feces

duugau

noun legs at the base of a canoe mast

duuhia ange

praised (by others)

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gadagada

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verb laugh

ganimua

noun the eldest child of a couple

gili

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noun skin

haangoda

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noun fishing

hagabasaa

verb be talked into

hagabolo

verb to include in one’s will

hagadangidangi

verb play music; make someone keep crying

hagadau doo

verb to transfer a string figure from one person’s fingers to another’s

hagaioo

verb cause to give

hagamabua

verb cause to hagamabu

hagangadaa

verb come with difficulty; a difficult delivery (of a baby)

hagaongaonga

verb moving one’s head back and forth in time to music

hagasae gili

verb pierce the skin superficially

hagavvale

verb spiritpossession

haha

noun mouth odor

hai me a gauligi

a childish act

hai ngaohie

adjective easy

hai sumu

verb having a diamond-shaped decoration or form, etc.

haihai me

verb be doing something suspicious

hale hadu

noun a house of brick or cement construction

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hedogi

noun the sound of tapping

hhanga luu vae

spread one’s legs

hhuna

verb hide at one time

holomanga

noun throat (inside)

hua i gadea

the side of the main body of the canoe away from the outrigger float

huadia

noun fishing pole

iho

adjective get down, climb down; down

kadi ange

fastened on to (by being stuck in)

kanamalie

adjective tasty (especially of taro)

kivi

adjective thin (bony)

lahulahu

noun birdsp.: wanderingtattler (heteroscelus incanus)

lenga

noun a preparation made from ango and doidoi (q.v.)

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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llimu

noun a small honu

longo iho

adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)

longolongo iho dalinga

pick up information from others’conversation

luu duu de maduu

social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society

maadau duiagi

noun a fishhook of a special type (for duiagi fishing)

maamaa

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verb chew

maamaagila

adjective becoming slightly parted

maava age

belch

madavalu

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number eighty

maduilau

noun fishsp.: goatfish

magau

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adjective dead

mahu

adjective healed (of a sore)

manege ma de --

better than (nothing, etc.)

manu-de-hala

noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)

masagi

a dance (an ancient type)

masausaua

verb be masausau

milomilosanga

noun the way in which a current moves about

mmade ange aalanga

adjective completely exhausted; completelydiscouraged

muaamoni

noun a song formerly sung while dancing

ngadi humai

adjective come without bringing anything (such as gifts)

ngalue ange

increase

noomeemea

verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave

oo tanga

adjective too big (clothes), spacious

saabudu

noun fishsp. (= large saagahinoa)

saugalo saele

adjective search for here and there,wander around looking for

savini gee

run away

se hia

just how many

se me gi hee

in which direction is the current running

sii mada daahaa

a fine jet of water

soa

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noun friend

tai, moana

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noun ocean, sea

teve

adjective hair or feathers standing on end

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

uli

adjective black

umu

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noun cooking fire, cooking area

uuvae

feet-first presentation of a fetus at birth