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aahee nei
then what (immediate future)
bookmarkaboo nei
tonight (future)
bookmarkalahenua
noun plot of (bush) land, acreage
bookmarkalohanga
noun a streak of smooth water in the sea
bookmarkanei dagodo
these are the circumstances...
bookmarkbaasi e haa o de langi
the four quadrants of the sky
bookmarkbalagia
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
boo hagadanu malama
the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain
bookmarkbusi
verb blow (with the mouth)
bookmarkbuu tangada
noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)
bookmarkdadau
adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdaia e tuaadai
seasick
bookmarkdala-loa
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdangalebu de moana
rough or choppy seas
bookmarkde baasi gee
theopposing side
bookmarkdee ni dago
never mind
bookmarkdoo i de...
expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkdutudu
verb play with fire
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgadiou
gai valaai
adjective take medicine
bookmarkgalo hagalegunga
adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagabuulinga
noun group of animate things
bookmarkhagadolodolongia
verb slack off on (a rope) little by little
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagadubu o de moe
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduumaa
verb add a portion
bookmarkhagailonga
noun fishsp. : damselfish
bookmarkhagalagolago
verb cause to increase in numbers, multiply
bookmarkhagalaulau
verb make many hundreds
bookmarkhagamagua
verb to cause someone to steal
bookmarkhagamalibi
verb rush,speed up
bookmarkhagangaue
verb move (something)
bookmarkhai aoa ina
verb bear misshapen fruit
bookmarkhakaanunu
verb breastfeed
bookmarkhale hongelegele
noun toilet
bookmarkhano mouli
adjective disappear alive (esp. into another world)
bookmarkhauala
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhhadi iho luu vae
take a short break (in work involvingstanding)
bookmarkhhanga
split open, open up, or separate, all at once.
bookmarkhuaahuu
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkhudaa moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarki ama
on the same side of a canoe as theoutrigger float
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship)
bookmarkkave dahi
adjective do at one time
bookmarklalo ade
noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklegia
noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklluu
adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
luu duu de maduu
castes (two) of aboriginal nukuoro society
bookmarkmada baabaa
noun #NAME?
bookmarkmada looloa
adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case
bookmarkmagi hongagelegele todo
to have bloody stools
magi kino
adjective loss of appetite
bookmarkmago
adjective bad weather (high wind or rain, or rough seas)
bookmarkmago de me
a worsening condition of the weather
bookmarkmahaa
adjective broken up, cracked, burst
bookmarkmalo gahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmanu-de-bua
noun birdsp.: sacredkingfisher (halcyon sancta) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkmulu gudu
verb grab while pulling; destroy by falling on or through; break through any obstacles in one’s path
bookmarknamanama
noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)
bookmarkngadi duu
naked
bookmarkngalogu
adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)
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saaluanga
a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksasa
adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksolasola
verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)
bookmarktangada adi longo
gossipy person, telltale
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