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abulu

adjective sink (until submerged)

adudai

noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)

ao

verb daylight

baa huu i --

just like

baalasi

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verb press

babu honga agau

noun fish sp., wrasse

boo i lalo o tangada

the last days of a person’s life

buu de mama

air filled with mama

buu tangada

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

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

dao

noun a method of calculating the relative maturity of coconuts by comparing the size of the upper (immature) ones on the tree with the lower (mature) ones; the second of a pair (e.g., dao dogai)

dauaalo

verb steady paddling

daula

verb rope (heavy); anchored (of ship)

deai donu

adjective none at all

dee haaoa i de gai

gluttonous

dee mahana tae

stay for only a short time

delaa ange maalie

that there is exactly right

denei huu

this is it still

denei laa ()

this is that (is this that)

doa

noun giant

dolodolo manu ligi

the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep

dookalala

adjective stilts,walk on stilts

duguagi

verb be suspicious of (someone)

dungu ibo

verb smell (oneself)

duu inai

duulua

noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)

gada

adjective laugh

gai me

adjective eat food

gaiaa dau bodu

commit adultery

gaimalie

adjective goodat food preparation (not wasteful)

galo

noun fishsp.: goatfish (= small vede)

gamedi vai salo

noun a type of bowl

hadu golaa

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noun sharpening tool

Hadu lehu

the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend

hadu o de mamu

noun the hard stomach-like organ of certain fish

hadu solo bulaga

a taro grater made from a certain type of coral

hadu-uaua

noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagabaa

verb cause to come into contact with; chase by trying to head off

hagabulinga dangada

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noun tribe

hagadaahanga

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagadagadaga

verb go from one place to another, andanother, and another, etc.

hagadoe

verb put aside, leave for later, conserve

hagadubu o de adu

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagadungu

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verb sniff, smell

hagaduu ssaalanga

adjective search intently for

hagaduuduulanga

noun a style of construction (consistently followed)

hagasahu

verb to catch water (in something)

hai be se manu

promiscuous (especially if indiscreetor known to have sexual relations with one’s own relatives)

hai de boo (o)

celebrate the birthday (of)

hala dudu

a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)

hale langadala

noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)

hanu age

regain

hebaa

adjective be close

honu

green turtle (2 varieties)

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

hua manu

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noun flower, fruit

ilo

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noun worm

isiisi luu gauanga

to tear off (a person’s) legs

kailu

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noun toad, frog

lao gau-me

verb to grasp a fish by inserting one’s fingers in both gills

leevaa

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noun river

lengi

adjective bloated, inflated, swollen up, bulging

libo

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adjective, verb drunk, get drunk (sg.)

llimu

noun a small honu

lo taane

adjective daring, brave, manly

lodo baba

calmness, tranquility, freedom from worries

lolo hai haahine

a love potion (applied to the clothes or body)

lou de gaugau dalinga

pull the trigger (of a gun)

luu aana

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pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

luu oo

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pronoun your (singular; for dual, inalienable noun)

maanga dalogo

noun a handful of dalogo

maavae

adjective separated (two things),divorced

mada sua hadu

noun stormbeach (on the seaward reef)

madau

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right (direction)

magi kino

adjective loss of appetite

maimai sseni

adjective to sleep especially well or restfully

malangilangi

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adjective happy

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

masa

adjective empty,low (tide)

maunusi

adjective pulled out,removed (by pulling out)

muimui

verb crowded (owing to a disorder of things); dense (underbrush)

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

musa

verb the sound of many little school fish feeding at the surface of the water

ngadi gai

verb eat taro without fish (or fish without taro)

ngau hala

bite someone

ngu te lodo

noun the edge of the lagoon reef

oho iho

adjective come ashore early in the morning

pee

adjective pass wind (flatus)

pula luu mada

excited with joy

pula-laalaa

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

sahe

noun any material used to absorb a menstrual flow

sai moni

noun a fleet of canoes

salaboi

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noun May

sii diidii

adjective urinate

tamana o dogu damana

noun paternal grandfather

tao

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noun spear

tinae

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belly

tubuna

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noun grandparent; ancestor

ulu-davage

Indian coral tree