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aalinga
adjective moving around just under the water
bookmarkalaala
noun fish sp.: jack (2 sorts) (= small tulua)
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkanaa muhuu
how about those
bookmarkbabaa
adjective a crackling sound, the sound of continuous explosions
bookmarkbakau dahi de manu
not to go fishing when other groups are going
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
bookmarkbigi
adjective be caught between two or more other things
bookmarkboolleiee
adjective a type of sound, made to frighten someone
bookmarkbuni ange lodo
paralyzed by fear; acute anxiety attack
bookmarkdaaholi paalaaini
noun fried taro and banana biscuit
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdangi a beini
to have smelled ripe pandanus
bookmarkdauagi
verb dry in the sun
bookmarkdaula sele nui
noun a rope used to pull a coconut tree in the desired direction when felling it
bookmarkdegi ange
forgive (someone),pardon (someone)
bookmarkduadonu
adjective luck, good fortune
bookmarkdugu dagidahi
verb place (or leave off) one at a time
bookmarkdugu de uinga
to lay down a new cover of palm frondson uinga
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkdungagi
verb nod (one’s head)
bookmarkduu taua
outbreak of war
bookmarkgaavadu
verb give
bookmarkgai haganamunamu
adjective eat sparingly (in order to save some food for later)
bookmarkgaligi
adjective covered all over with
bookmarkgalugalu
verb
any jelly-like substance;jellyfishsp.
ganimua
noun the eldest child of a couple
bookmarkgi daha
to the outside; in the environs of
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkgu gide huu
spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)
bookmarkhaa daha
verb the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaanau
verb born, be
bookmarkhadu golaa
a type of hard stone from Pohnpei used to pound sakau
bookmarkhagabaasi
verb do toward one side
bookmarkhagabuu ange
blame (someone), incriminate (someone)
bookmarkhagaduu ngavesi
adjective make boxes
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamabu
verb die (euphemistic); take a break
bookmarkhagangadinei
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagapasa
verb cause several people to speak; mediate an argument so that the disputants will speak to each other
bookmarkhagapasalia
verb convince (several people) completely
bookmarkhagasolo age
keep postponing or delaying
bookmarkhesilihagi gee
to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhua-laagau
noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)
bookmarkhulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarklalo ade
noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklangona iho maahana
feel punished or victimized
bookmarklaulau hai daonga
noun
a type of basket
lolomango
noun to clear oil (which is separated from crude coconut oil by heating)
bookmarkluduludu
verb trembling
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaalama
verb light (not dark),bright
bookmarkmaamaangalo
verb becoming more and more sweet
bookmarkmaanadu iho
adjective think about oneself
bookmarkmaaui
verb givebirth to, born
bookmarkmada ahodo
verb any place where seawater seeps into the taro bog
bookmarkmadania teu ngaloto
noun middle finger
bookmarkmai moni
a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)
bookmarkmalau ngudu
noun lips
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmasa
adjective empty,low (tide)
bookmarkmaseu
adjective to scatter (when in a group)
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmoenga
bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping
bookmarkmoso
noun black bird species (eats fruit)
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarkngudu maimai
adjective flattery or other communication by which one attempts to ingratiate oneself; unctuous,cloying,winsome
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarkohua
verb characterized by having ohu
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkono llau
number six hundred
bookmarksalau
adjective inclined, slanting, not straight, not perpendicular to
bookmarksao gainga
adjective sweep or cleanup trash
bookmarksee
adjective
barely, just barely
seesee haangoda saele
look for girls
bookmarksigi de hagahala
collection (in church), offering (in chrch), sacrifice, tithe
bookmarksugulu
noun school
bookmarktaiseni
adjective sleepy
bookmarktama legalega eidu
pupil of the eye; a cry of a bird or human that sounds like the cry of a baby; the name of a ghost
bookmarktamana o dogu damana
noun paternal grandfather
bookmarktubuna aahine
noun grandmother
bookmarkubu haohao
type of prepared food made from taro and coconut cream
bookmarkvogi
to shame someone by teasing or insulting them
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