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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkaahee maa
about when (future); about how much
bookmarkalaala dangada
noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)
bookmarkanei huu
these (here) only are the ones
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbasa madua
adjective speak as an elder (treating the hearer as a child)
bookmarkbigi
adjective be caught between two or more other things
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbulobulou
verb to net flying fish
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
daatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdabaduu
noun fishsp.: (a small suulee or a var. ofsuulee)
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdagaanga
noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdagadagai
adjective tending to dagai
bookmarkdahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdala-loa
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkdalia
adjective tired
bookmarkdangada de henua
noun natives of nukuoro
bookmarkdau gulu
verb breadfruit season
bookmarkdee galemu
never mind, don’t bother
bookmarkdolodolona
verb often flooded
bookmarkdonadona
verb covered with dona
bookmarkdoonga pada
noun heavy-duty equipment or fishing gear; a large penis
bookmarkdumanu sala
adjective bad situation; poor in appearance
bookmarkduulua
noun jack (fish sp); large alaala
bookmarkee laa
so
bookmarkgabi
verb hold something between two (or more)other things; grab (between other things, e.g., fingers)
bookmarkgasogo
verb to have sexual pleasure (of males only) either by intercourse, or by regarding a naked woman
bookmarkgoobai lau
noun a hat made from pandanus leaves
bookmarkgoogoo
noun birdsp.: japanesesnipe (capella hardwickii)
bookmarkguanga
noun a type of basket
bookmarkhaahaango
verb wakeup (someone) insistently
bookmarkhagadeai
verb cause to become non-existent
bookmarkhagadege
verb cause to wiggle the hips once
bookmarkhagaduidui
adjective to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
bookmarkhagailaage
verb setfree
bookmarkhagangalo
verb forget purposely
bookmarkhagapogo
verb fold up (one fold); cause to crumple up.
bookmarkhagasaalunga ange
call (someone) by the name of his name-group
bookmarkhagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhai daina
adjective the relationship between siblings or cousins
bookmarkhai me daahea
search for driftwood or other beachedobjects
bookmarkhala goobai
noun a wooden form used in making hats
bookmarkhale denga manu
noun hive (house for animals)
bookmarkhale duu biho
barbershop
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhiidagi
verb
hua-ala
noun flower
bookmarkiai sago
adjective having special ability (strength, power, etc.) which others do not have, a strong or powerful (person)
bookmarkila
verb? a mole (not raised), or other permanent black spot on the skin
bookmarklabelabe-tea
noun fishsp.
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarklau ligi
verb having small leaves
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarkllea
adjective
say loudly
lodo baba
noun calmness,tranquility,freedom fromworries
bookmarkmada ahodo
verb any place where seawater seeps into the taro bog
bookmarkmada tea gee
white as a sheet (of a person)
bookmarkmagi gobegobe
adjective cold (sickness)
bookmarkmaholadage
adjective be holadage
bookmarkmahuge, huge
open
bookmarkmanu
noun animal, plant (flora); coral head; throat spacer of a flying fish net; March (month)
bookmarkmanu-daa-uga
noun <= goehau>
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmeamea --
adjective becoming red
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmoni dui
noun a canoe rigged for casting for tuna
bookmarkmoomoa
balls of grated taro (for making huaahuu)
bookmarkmouli
verb to live; be alive
bookmarkmouli danuaa
easy living, a good life
bookmarknaamulolo
noun
ramrod;
ngadi laangi
noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished
bookmarkngago
noun brain; egg
bookmarkngahui
noun
tens of coconuts
ngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarkohua
verb characterized by having ohu
bookmarkpili
adjective boring
bookmarkpilo
adjective stink
bookmarksaaluanga
noun a scratch (on the skin)
bookmarksabisabini
verb wrap up or tie up over and over
bookmarksasao
adjective escape one after the other
bookmarksua bagu
a stain which has left a dry residue
bookmarksunu
an oil slick on the water’s surface
bookmarkunuunu
nurse (at the breast)
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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