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aha ai
what for
bookmarkamo
verb lift up
bookmarkanei ange naa
about this
aoa-laosedi
noun gorgonian (coelenterate), false blackcoral
bookmarkaugaua
verb infected
bookmarkbaa i de madangi
be hit (usually forcefully) by wind
bookmarkbaasi e haa o de langi
the four quadrants of the sky
bookmarkbibi-gabugabu-tai
noun mollusk sp.: a bivalve
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkbilibili-hadu
noun fish sp. (trachinotus bailloni)
bookmarkbunei
noun fish sp.: batfish
bookmarkbuusagi
verb an eddy caused by a current
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaa gee taahili
sing off-key
bookmarkdaatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdabagau
noun a type of floor mat
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdalaa muna
noun word,phrase
bookmarkdalabaimanugadele
adjective sharp (as a knife)
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdau gai
noun the season in which seasonally available food is abundant
bookmarkdaubodobodo
adjective short (in duration)
bookmarkdaumaha hagaulu
noun the church service at which new members are accepted
bookmarkdavaia
noun the largest sort of tuna
bookmarkde hia
which number
bookmarkdebeaha
okay; so-so
bookmarkdenaa donu
that is it for sure
bookmarkdihidihi
noun fishsp.: butterflyfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkduaa dodo
noun labor pains (of women in childbirth)
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu duli
adjective kneel
bookmarkduu malaelae
an open field having no trees
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarke hia
how much
bookmarkgaba de ahiahi
noun early evening,late in the afternoon
bookmarkgai hagadoedoe
verb eat sparingly (to save for later)
bookmarkhadu goinga
noun boundary stone
bookmarkhagabadabaataianga
noun
hagabuni
verb gather together (people); have sexualrelations
bookmarkhagadaga iho
adjective worsening
bookmarkhagadoopeva
verb playatrickon
bookmarkhagahana ange
recook for a very little while
bookmarkhagalulu de madangi
to attract the wind (by making certain noises)
bookmarkhagatanu iho
adjective take a nap
bookmarkhaha
noun mouthodor
bookmarkhai hegau hilo
work hypocritically (appearing to follow the rules but secretly violating the prohibitions)
bookmarkhai samu
verb to gossip
bookmarkhanu ange
some more
bookmarkhenua i lalo (alodahi)
noun world (lands other than nukuoro)
bookmarkhhuu
adjective chuckle
bookmarkhilo hagamaadau
verb
to braid sennit with the right hand;
holasa
a type of mat [made especially for cult houses]
bookmarkhonumia
verb filled with
bookmarkhuuhuaa me
noun sorcery (made with chants)
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklaa ange
and those there
bookmarklengisi
noun insectsp.: moth spp.
bookmarklimadi
verb do fast or quickly
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkmaamaai
adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)
bookmarkmada dabuvae
noun toenail
bookmarkmadolidolia
adjective very madolidoli
bookmarkmae
adjective
withered;
mahanga
adjective be split open
bookmarkmanavanava gimoo
adjective panting (as when short of breath)
bookmarkmanu-lalo-de-gelegele
noun mantisshrimp
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
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meemaagau
noun non-living thing
bookmarkmmade ange aalanga
adjective completely exhausted; completelydiscouraged
bookmarkmmala dana (dagu) maanga
lose his (my) appetite
bookmarkmoahulu
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmoni dui
noun a canoe rigged for casting for tuna
bookmarkmoo balabala
adjective barely cooked
bookmarkmoomodu
adjective
sae iho
adjective tear from the top down; break through the bush (coming downhill)
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksula
verb arrive
bookmarkubu
noun cup
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