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aalohi modu

noun lagoonward of the islets of the atoll

adu ange laa

the one following the one in question

ahi malo

noun a mat wrapping for clothes

amaau

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pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, alienable noun)

au dili dai

an ocean current flowing away from land

babu

adjective the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

boo mai ange laa

the second night following

dagua

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verb say

daina

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noun brother, sister, sibling, cousin

daonga

noun feast

deai donu angaanga

nothing at all

dee dau ia

it’s ok

dee gamalie

adjective do very attentively

dee hemuu

not on speaking terms

dili dagidahi

happening continually but one at a time

donu huu

only,just (no more than)

doo sala

adjective accidentally

duumono

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)

edee maua

impossible

ga aha

and then did what

gaadinga hagaangiangi

copra dried in the wind (not in the sun or in an oven)

gabe

verb gouge out

gai

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verb eat (transitive)

gai ga

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then

gammenge-gabe-de-liidogi

noun mollusksp.: murexshell

gamua

verb covered with gamu

gano niho

noun gums (of mouth)

gi

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gona

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noun belly button

goobai dada

noun umbrella

gu hagaola loo

just missed catching

guaha

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why

haangoda mada aasanga

to fish for labelabe

hadahada ama

noun the platform fastened on top of the outrigger booms of a canoe

hagaanu

verb cause to dance or sway

hagaaugau

verb cause infection

hagadaaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

hagadaahanga

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagadau bale

verb cooperate; help one another

hagadaubulebule

verb to change coloring (esp. fish in anxiety states)

hagadeegide

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verb be blind

hagaheloongoi

verb compare; act as an intermediary or mediator; get acquainted with

hagaholau

verb banish from the island (in a canoe with no paddle or food)

hagasae gili

pierce the skin superficially

hai de hai

stubborn,willful

hai gaavenga

adjective restless (of a child)

hai me

verb industrious

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

hale de henua

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thatched-roof house (lit. island house)

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hale i lodo

noun ribcage, thoraciccavity

haula

verb setfireto (causing large flames); light (a lamp)

hhao tuula

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

hili

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verb choose

honoa

verb patched

honu de maasina

noun full moon

ialona

noun a type of string figure

ilo

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noun worm

ioo

adjective to make a sound indicating "take it"

ise ngaio

noun needlefish

kai laanui

adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro

kosi-honga-agau

noun mollusksp.: trachycardium orbita

laagau-doi

noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made

laohie

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noun drought; dry weather

lodo dagidahi

have differing views (within a group of people)

lodo lanea

adjective large in volume

loselose-ganoanga

noun fishsp.

luu hadu a moidigi

noun stone-like organs in the top of the head of flying fish

luuluu haha

adjective wash one’s mouth out, gargle

maailaba

noun axis (or long thing through the center of something)

madalima

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number fifty

magalili mai

flow (of tide)

magi

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adjective sick

mahidi

adjective separated from and curled up from

malala

noun ashes

malo diadia

noun mending holes in clothes by runningthreads crisscross across the hole

mami ange

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verb taste

manu noodagi

noun a plant which has been noodagi

masa boo

adjective mornings following nights during which the tide has gone out (which are good for looking for fish trapped on the reef)

me hagaahulu

prepared food

me hagasahu vai

gutter (under the eaves of a house)

me hai laangi

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calender

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

mugamuga

verb the muscle of a bivalve; the first stage of development of the coconut, before daahaa; to crackle when chewed

musumusu laa lalo

whisper softly

ngavali

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adjective bent slightly (not sharply)

ngii

verb a high-pitched sound

po

verb touch

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

saugalo

verb stir

sibasiba

verb walk off-balance

sigale

verb scull (a boat)

sigo de muna

remember what one has heard

soesoe

adjective straight or level all over (as a playing field); somewhat level or straight

somo haahine

a fleshy (non-muscular) man

ssoi

to foretell a death by words or actions (which cause death)

ssuonioni

sand

tao

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noun spear

uua

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neck

vakaa

be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation