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aha goi delaa

what was I going to say

ahi dangada

noun a (mat) wrapping for dead persons who are disposed of in the sea (precontact custom)

ama

noun outrigger float

baa sala

adjective be clumsy (in physical contest)

baa sege

adjective carom off

busi

noun cat

dabagau

noun a type of floor mat

dadango

verb repeatedly fall upon

daia magu magau

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verb killed, be

dama daohi

noun an adopted child

dama muli bee

noun the twelfth child born to a couple

dangada ngauda

adjective a person who rarely goes fishing, landlubber

dau soa

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boyfriend, girlfriend, unmarried couple

daunadi

unclassified would it be better if (implyingdisagreement)...

demeelaa

that one over there

diibuli

noun a doll representing a spirit (from the story of duudebaabaa)

donu gee

misunderstand

donu sala

adjective misunderstand

doo tuugau

a dislocation of the tuugau

duage

verb stand

duu-hakaa

noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)

e galemu

it’s alright

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gadagada

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verb laugh

gahu

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verb wear

gai boo

adjective eat early in the morning

gai moumou

verb wasteful of food

gaimee

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verb eat (intransitive)

galasi

galo ahi

verb sparks

galu

noun viscous sputum

ganaudogo

noun an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat

gapese

a method of pole fishing at night (on the seaward reef)

gauanga

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noun thigh

gavagava

noun weather-hardened black driftwood

gelo

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adjective deep

gide gauligi

verb to see from the perspective of a small child

gima

noun mollusksp.: horsehoofclam (hippopus hippopus)

guani

noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)

haangoda dua agau

noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

Hadu lehu

the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend

hadu tugi lau

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noun stone on which the pandanus leaf is smashed

hagaagoago

verb lesson, make learn, cause to teach

hagaala

verb make mat sections

hagabuulunga

verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagaduai

verb cause to be worn out

hagadumanu

verb cause to look like

hagaeueu

verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders

hagallogo

noun chant (in the old religious ceremony)

hagallongo

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verb hear, listen

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagamaa

verb to rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

haganaa

verb to calmdown someone who is excited orunhappy

hagasiilangaa mada

noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)

hagasula tangada

adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position

hanoo seni

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verb go to sleep

hihi mata

noun eyelash

huugaabungubungu

very plump

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

langi haanau

noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)

latabagea

noun an ornament made of turtle shell

laulau

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hundreds and hundreds

llou

hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)

lodo dama

verb immature in affect

luu au

pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)

maadau hholu

noun a fishhook made of wire

maalama

verb light (not dark),bright

maalava

verb the fatty part of the turtle

maamaaua

adjective frequently maaua

madaa gai

noun firstfruits

made sala

adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

masavaa alodahi

noun always

matili mai

remember vividly (after having forgotten); the sprouting of plants, etc., in great numbers

me osi

noun a coconuttree seedling

mmogo

verb insist upon

mmuni

adjective hidden,hide

mogomogo ina

muscular

momme hagassoe

noun court (of law)

momme hai lua

a fishing spot (beyond the seaward reef) where either reef or ocean fish canbe found

mousi

adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)

nanulia

verb the object of a complaint

ngaholu

adjective bent

niho vainu

milk teeth, deciduous teeth

oha

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verb break (transitive)

ohu

a depression in a tree trunk

sahudu

sea bass

samumu

adjective the noise of an explosion or collision<= same meaning as salulu>

sanga

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fornicate, have sexual intercourse

seeha deenei?

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what is this?

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

sugi-laagoo

goatfish

tai unu

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thirsty

taina daane odogu bodu

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noun brother-in-law

too gili

wrinkled skin (from age)

ubu hhoa

type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell