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aahee nei

then what (immediate future)

aboo nei

tonight (future)

adu hale

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noun village (group of houses)

alahenua

noun plot of (bush) land, acreage

alohanga

noun a streak of smooth water in the sea

anailaanei

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today

anei dagodo

these are the circumstances...

baasi e haa o de langi

the four quadrants of the sky

balagia

noun fish sp.

balaulau

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adjective ugly

bani-gegeva

noun

biigii hahine

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noun sow

boo hagadanu malama

the nights on which the quarter moon is obscured by rain

busi

verb blow (with the mouth)

buu tangada

noun an omen of death (when a certain kind or size of fish is caught)

daane

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noun, adjective man; male

dadau

adjective hit repeatedly (on one occasion)

daedaea

adjective have reached many places

daia e tuaadai

seasick

dala-loa

noun fishsp.: squirrelfish

dangalebu de moana

rough or choppy seas

de baasi gee

theopposing side

dee ni dago

never mind

dengaa

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determiner very many (plural of denga); an uncountable number

dolodolo

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verb move from place to place; crawl

doo i de...

expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

dumuulu

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noun July

dutudu

verb play with fire

gaba de ahiahi

noun early evening,late in the afternoon

gadiou

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noun plant species with red flowers, used to make flower crowns

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gai

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verb eat (transitive)

gai valaai

adjective take medicine

galo hagalegunga

adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gudu gaadu

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noun dog flea

gulu maimai

noun a type of prepared food (ripe breadfruit which has been cooked in an umu)

hagaagahi sseeloo

adjective to call out "sail ho"

hagabuulinga

noun group of animate things

hagadolodolongia

verb slack off on (a rope) little by little

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagadubu o de moe

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduumaa

verb add a portion

hagailonga

noun fishsp. : damselfish

hagalagolago

verb cause to increase in numbers, multiply

hagalaulau

verb make many hundreds

hagamagua

verb to cause someone to steal

hagamalibi

verb rush,speed up

hagangaue

verb move (something)

hai aoa ina

verb bear misshapen fruit

hakaanunu

verb breastfeed

hale hongelegele

noun toilet

hano mouli

adjective disappear alive (esp. into another world)

hauala

noun seaweedsp.

haula ngongo

adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)

hhadi iho luu vae

take a short break (in work involvingstanding)

hhanga

split open, open up, or separate, all at once.

huaahuu

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)

hudaa moni

noun a fleet of canoes

i ama

on the same side of a canoe as theoutrigger float

ilaage

adjective free of (sickness, hardship)

ingoo

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noun name

kave dahi

adjective do at one time

lalo ade

noun solarplexus (considered the seat of feeling)

legia

noun birdsp.: white-cappednoddy (anous minutus)

lima lele

adjective quick to fight,short-tempered

lluu

adjective mad or angry (but not showing it)

lodo

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preposition, noun inside

lodo dagidahi

have differing views (within a group of people)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

luu adaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

luu duu de maduu

castes (two) of aboriginal nukuoro society

luu omaau

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pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for dual, inalienable noun)

mada baabaa

noun #NAME?

mada looloa

adjective longer in comparison with; extendingfarther than appears to be the case

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

magi kino

adjective loss of appetite

mago

adjective bad weather (high wind or rain, or rough seas)

mago de me

a worsening condition of the weather

mahaa

adjective broken up, cracked, burst

malo gahu

noun collared shirt

mano

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number thousand

manu-de-bua

noun birdsp.: sacredkingfisher (halcyon sancta) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

moo balabala

adjective barely cooked

mua mai (adu, ange)

adjective next to me (you, him)

mulu gudu

verb grab while pulling; destroy by falling on or through; break through any obstacles in one’s path

namanama

noun fishsp. (like ngaa, but longer and thinner)

ngadi duu

naked

ngalogu

adjective push in, crumple up; bend out ofshape (temporarily); easily changedin shape (esp. by pushing)

pelaoaa

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local bread

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saaluanga

a scratch (on the skin)

sanga

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fornicate, have sexual intercourse

sasa

adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious

seesee hagadaahao

adjective walk (for recreation)

seesee hagadibabida

waddle

solasola

verb not homogenous or smooth (as lumpy dough, or the grated surface of taro)

tangada adi longo

gossipy person, telltale

tua

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back

vai doo

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noun waterfall