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aahu

adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish

aduisiisi

noun one’s first spouse

ango

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noun pearl

anu

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verb dance

aoa-laosedi

noun gorgonian (coelenterate), false blackcoral

baoa age

wash up on shore and beach thereon

boibala

adjective watery (of prepared food)

bulubulu hegau

noun unimportant work

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

daia ma gu magau

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verb killed, be

dalepagi

adjective fight hand-to-hand

dalodalo keli

adjective pray earnestly

dangada duaagau

adjective an avid fisherman

dangi de musu

hear whispering (of others)

dangi hagahadihadi

adjective wail loudly (when crying)

dao o de nui

(topmost) roof support poles, wall plates(from the size of which one can estimate the maturity of those below)

dauaabulu

verb nearly sunk

daumaha daahili

noun song service (in church)

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

dee be aha

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okay; so-so

denaa donu

that is it for sure

denaa laa ()

that is it there (is that it there)

dilobuna

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growing coconut sapling

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doli age

adjective obtain the smallest first

doo de gulabe

prolapsed rectum

dua alohagi

noun fishingline of a size appropriate fortrolling

dua nnui

adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)

duadae

verb gullible, be a sucker

dugi de lodo

to fish in various places (in the lagoon) in order to catch as many fish (of any kind) as possible

dungu

verb smell (something)

duu-baeao

noun fishsp.: filefish

duugunga o de henua

customs of Nukuoro atoll

gaalau

noun birdsp.: brownbooby

gaini

noun any lattice-like arrangement

galeva

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

ganae oo

threadfin fish

gegeno

alligator, crocodile

gii talinga

adjective tinnitus

hada

noun shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car; a clam nursery; men’shouse

hadu goinga

noun boundary stone

hagaagoago

verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)

hagabido

verb carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end

hagadeegide

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verb be blind

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagaida de gauvae

to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagamaalama

verb brighten,illuminate

hagamalele

verb complete (something); kill (someone)

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagapuuninga

noun a total of

hagasomo de alelo

stickout one’s tongue

hai moni

adjective sailor

hale haahine

noun a house of prostitution

hale magi

noun hospital,dispensary

hanga benu

adjective to extract pandanus seeds by splitting the fruit

hauhausanga

noun

haunga

noun manner of wearing a flower garland

helii

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noun grass

hhano

verb wash one’s own hands (or mouth)

hhoa de biho

fool (someone)

honu-uda

noun insectsp. (small and turtle-like)

huubuudoi

adjective fat and squat and ugly

iai sago

adjective having special ability (strength, power, etc.) which others do not have, a strong or powerful (person)

kangi odi

adjective too sharp

laa tua

besides

lagolagoanga

noun way of being many

lama

a dry coconut leaf

langa

verb weave

laso paava

verb skinny (of people)

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

lilo bule

adjective covered up completely

luu meelaa

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those things over there (dual)

madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama

time noun december (’twelfth month’)

madamada

half-cooked

made sala

adjective mistaken (in identifying); mistakesomeone for another

magau

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verb die (singular subj.)

mahamaha

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adjective beautiful

mahola

adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)

masagage

adjective good at fighting

masavaa alodahi

noun always

mau

adjective to finish defecating

mmau gava

adjective known by heart, memorized, know (how to do something) well

moni

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noun canoe

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mosongenge

a name children tease each other with

mouli danuaa

adjective easy living, a good life

nabe

verb to hook under the waistband or belt

ngaue

adjective move (oneself), moved

noonogia

verb bloated from ingesting too much fat

ono llau

number six hundred

poo

adjective grab or catch in a single act

siba

verb to move to one side (involuntarily) while walking

sigo de muna

remember what one has heard

sii talaa umada

a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast

sii valavala

spray

siili

a stick used in a children’s game

sou

a gust of wind

taholaa

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noun whale

tangada ssele

stupid ass!

tugi lima

noun elbow

tuu mugamuga

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buttocks