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adu
noun conglomerate, islet
bookmarkadudau
noun sandspit
bookmarkagu age
say out loud
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkaligi
adjective priest (of a cult)
bookmarkalohi lima
noun palm (of hand)
bookmarkbaa hagasalau
adjective make contact with while not aligned
bookmarkbalu-udu
noun fish sp.: snapper
bookmarkbangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmarkbe aha naa huu
whatever; if ever
bookmarkbebee
adjective be flatulent
bookmarkdaa
verb
to make a sharp turn
dahulihuli
adjective keep shifting direction
bookmarkdao beau
noun the wave following the highest one
bookmarkdao tili
noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached
bookmarkdatada
noun fishsp.: snapper (= small dada)
bookmarkdauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkdegidegi
adjective having a kind or generous nature
bookmarkdelaa ai loo
that was it at last
bookmarkdilia ange
give fish to
bookmarkgaanunu
noun breast
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgau mai vaga
noun <= gau mai moni>
bookmarkgeiuli
lizard species
bookmarkgide gauligi
verb to see from the perspective of a small child
bookmarkgili dama
verb soft-skinned
bookmarkgubu daahili
noun verse of a song
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhagabasalia
verb convince someone completely
bookmarkhagabibi
verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)
bookmarkhagailangi-bangi
noun a type of prepared food (bangi soaked in coconut milk)
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt water from the body (with fresh water)
bookmarkhagamabu
verb die (euphemistic); take a break
bookmarkhagammae lodo
verb insult (someone)
bookmarkhagasemada
verb make a total of ten thousand
bookmarkhai daina
adjective the relationship between siblings or cousins
bookmarkhhola mai saiolo
to allow the sail to fill with wind, holding on to the boom sheet (after luffing)
bookmarkhodu
adjective sighted, appear
bookmarkhuaalanga
noun a type of coconuttree
bookmarkilaage
adjective free of (sickness, hardship)
bookmarkise-ngaio
noun fishsp.: needlefish
bookmarkisiisi luu gauasa
to tear from limb to limb
bookmarkkano maalama
noun a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarkkeli
adjective root around (disturbing the coral layer of a yard by shuffling, or by pawing the ground)
bookmarkkivi
adjective skinny (people, animals)
bookmarklahilahi
adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)
bookmarklie
noun lice eggs
bookmarklima lele
adjective quick to fight,short-tempered
bookmarklodo dagidahi
have differing views (within a group of people)
bookmarkloma
adjective very calm, silent
bookmarklongaa
adjective annoyed by noise
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmaahaa ada
adjective dawn (first burst of light)
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmadania teu ngaloto
noun middle finger
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmaleasa
noun fishsp. : tang (a kind of igauli)
bookmarkmanu-manga-lua
noun insectsp.: scorpion
bookmarkmanu-mangamanga
starfish
bookmarkmaomao
more and more; diminshing rainfall
bookmarkmasagi
noun a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkme hai dago
ritual acts,religious acts
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoni
noun canoe
bookmarkmuna abo (donu)
noun truth
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarknaa gaalava
so what
bookmarknebua
verb be nebu
bookmarkngaage nei
Gilbert Islands
bookmarkngae
noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.
bookmarkngole iho
adjective to use the biggest first
bookmarksaelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarkse hagabau
do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean
bookmarkseesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksii bido lua
vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)
bookmarksisi gaadinga
to cut copra
bookmarksomo
noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15
bookmarktaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for singular noun)
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