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adu-balebale-i-dua

noun fishsp.: bonito

aloha gelo

noun profound affection

amoamo

verb keep lifting one thing after another

bulubulu maanadu

noun incomplete idea

buu unga

noun an empty seashell; one of (a pair of) diving goggles

dabu vae

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toe

dagadagai

adjective tending to dagai

dagamanga

noun path, route

dagodo daudahi

adjective having the same characteristics, be alike

dagu age

say out loud

daia e de hegau

overworked

dale gaiaa

verb provoke a fight by banging againstsomeone (as children do); hit and run

dama pala

noun a foetus which has been aborted, ugly

daula de boo

noun a rope carried in the canoe (esp. at night) for anchoring or tying canoes together in case of strong wind

dee hanga

adjective don’t move away from the reef

degi ange

forgive (someone),pardon (someone)

dodo

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blood

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

dolo

noun plantsp.: sugarcane

doo tuugau

a dislocation of the tuugau

doonga

noun tools,equipment (incl. fishing gear)

duha

verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)

dunu madamada

verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)

duu ngavesi

noun a cover of a box

duumaa de gelegele

numeral trillion (a million million)

gadigadi

verb have itch

gaibea daane

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male crab

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giado

noun outriggerboom

gii talinga

tinnitus

golo age

continually golo voluntarily

golomagi iho

adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit

gubu daahili

noun verse of a song

haanoa

verb wash someone’s hands (or mouth)

hagabaangoa

verb causing prostration

hagadubu gina

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaedeede

verb balance precariously

hagailonga

noun fishsp. : damselfish

hagalanea

verb cause to increase in quantity; greedy

hagaoanga gi lunga

good wages; a good price

hagapale

verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against

hagasingano

verb cause to bear singano

hagassui

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verb urinate (piss)

hagatangohi

verb the fading of light after sunset

hagatulu mai

ooze out

hale haahine

noun a house of prostitution

heehee

adjective cry out

henua moounga

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noun land with mountains (e.g. Pohnpei, United States)

hhali gee

scoop out

hhao tuula

adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)

hoimanu

noun fishsp.: eagleray

hue

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generic term for "fern"

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husi

noun tarobog, swamp

kivi

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adjective thin (for people)

laangi dabeo

verb a day which is rainy and stormy

laho

aerial foot of the pandanus tree

lele tua

adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse

lima dangada ina

a patient of one healer who has been treated by another healer

lima lau

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number five hundred

llabu

verb claw

llago

adjective mature (of a taro corm which can be used for food)

lodo senga

adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)

longo

adjective hear, feel; news

lua lodo

adjective undecided

lulu

verb to shake (something) rapidly

maadau dae ssae

noun a type of fishhook

maakau loo dangada

now we’re in trouble

maanadu age

decide (arrive at a decision), make upone’s mind; think up

madaangahulu-ma-lua-malama

time noun december (’twelfth month’)

madaladala de leo

a clear and high-pitched singing voice

madannia sisi

noun littlefinger

madohi boo

adjective midnight

maduilau

noun fishsp.: goatfish

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

mana

supernatural power

manga lua tae

noun cleft in the buttocks

manu-kono

noun pigeon

masaia

verb trapped by low water (e.g., canoes, or fish on the reef at low tide)

me ange laa

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adjective other

moele

noun a lie (an untruth)

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

moni lele

airplane

moolau

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adjective fast; early

nao

verb to extract by gouging out with a finger

ngau hala

bite someone

nnui

adjective large ; big

olaa

a sound expressing surprise or disapproval

ouaa

adjective yes certainly

pulu

verb to be dry and smooth; satiated; be able to withstand

saaluanga

noun a scratch (on the skin)

sagea gee

extremely sagea

salua

verb scraped (a lot taken away),peeled (alittle amount taken off),planed

sau alohenua

verb eddying of the wind (constantly changing direction) close to land

seguli

numeral hundreds of thousands

sila

verb look for

ssomo

suck one’s finger

sua aaleloi

a wrestling maneuver

tama legalega

infant

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verb burn (transitive)

ula de gili

inflammation; red in the face; sunburned

valu

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verb (transitive) to grind (coconuts only)