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aalanga
noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)
bookmarkaasanga
verb a watercourse between islets on the atoll
bookmarkamu ligi
fine threads or hairs or fibers (in feather or leaf); fine-feathered
bookmarkbaba odi
adjective to have been settled for some time
bookmarkbingabinga
adjective the repeated use of a term or name in conversation
bookmarkboda
verb straggly (hair or feathers)
bookmarkbunehulu
adjective slow in running or walking
bookmarkdada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdalaa umada
noun prow spray of a ship
bookmarkdama naale
noun a talkative, deceitful person
bookmarkdangada henua gee
noun foreigners, strangers
bookmarkdangage dua
verb bend one’s head backwards
bookmarkdanuaa ange
goodfor, better than
bookmarkdaumaha hagalava
noun evensong (last service of the day)
bookmarkdemeelaa
that one over there
bookmarkdenaa laa ()
that is it there (is that it there)
bookmarkdenei sili
this is enough
bookmarkdiingia
verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays
bookmarkdogai
noun
transverse tiebeam
dogonogo
noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)
bookmarkdoli
verb to obtain as many as one can; to defeatall comers
bookmarke hanuhanu i de pronoun
know something about
bookmarkgabou
noun fishsp.: scad
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkganabu
noun the base of a coconut tree trunk
bookmarkganimago
noun mollusksp.: malea pomum
bookmarkgano niho
gums of mouth
bookmarkgau dagodo
noun the boom of a sail
bookmarkgoluu
pronoun you (dual)
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgu oo ina mai
shout to announce important news (e.g., to announce the arrival of a ship)
bookmarkhaahaangoda
verb to fish first in one place, then in another
bookmarkhadu muna
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaala
verb make mat sections
bookmarkhagaaloha
adjective piteous,pitiful
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a place for their nesting
bookmarkhagalollolo
verb lubricate
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagapiigia
verb make stuck to
bookmarkhageli
verb a sort of sound in ancient chants
bookmarkhai me daahea
search for driftwood or other beachedobjects
bookmarkhesilihagi
verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkhesilihaginga haiava
noun intersection
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhulo
verb
go
kabi
verb tight (of clothes),stuffed
bookmarkkano mugamuga
adjective a crunching noise made when masticatingcertain foods (like cucumbers)
bookmarkkii adu
get out
bookmarkkona odi
too much
bookmarkkumi tangi
to control one’s crying
bookmarklaagau
noun wood,stick (of wood)
bookmarklaagau lui
noun a cross (e.g., of wood)
bookmarklaalaa
verb having many branches
bookmarklaangai buusagi
a type of fishing condition in which the sea is boiling with jumping tuna, which are biting at anything
bookmarklalau
adjective one after another becoming lau1
bookmarkllingi
verb pour out,spill out (sand)
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmaleva
adjective present1 (not absent)
bookmarkmanamanadua
verb keep remembering
bookmarkmanihaniha
adjective inclined to be maaniha
bookmarkme pasa
noun radio
bookmarkme tao
noun dye
bookmarkmee mmala
noun gallbladder
bookmarkmesde-gelee
noun mollusksp.: oliveshell <"mr. grey">
bookmarkmogo
noun shoot from a sprouting coconut
bookmarkmulimuli
verb much later; the very end
bookmarknao
verb to extract by gouging out with a finger
bookmarkngaangaa-ulu
noun
hair of the head
ngau hala
bite someone
bookmarkogu
pronoun my (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkseevoivoia
verb to be in the state of seevoivoi
bookmarkssili mada
to faint, be unconscious
bookmarksua hadu umu
stones (dead coral) used in the earth oven
bookmarktangada hagaai
poor fellow!
bookmarkuaua
noun vein or artery (blood vessel)
bookmarkubu hhoa
type of prepared food dish made from taro cooked in a half coconut shell
bookmarkugu
rub (with pressure, as with sandpaper); the skin of the stingray used for sanding
bookmarkuu
milk
bookmarkvaiduu
lazy
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