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aagonga i lalo

noun social class of those who know magic

abasasa

noun European

abo manu

adjective to correct someone without justification

alobagi

verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll

anailaa laa

it was today that

ao de me

noun daytime

aoa

verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak

bongaa manu

noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)

buu

adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of

buu-kangi-de-muli

noun mollusk sp.: cymatiidae spp., also bursa bubo

daahanga ange

give pleasure to someone by giving himsomething

dai

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noun west

dama doo

noun a foetus which has been aborted

dama iai

noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy

danedane

verb an extensive infection of dane

dangada de henua

noun natives of nukuoro

dangodango

verb repeatedly grab

dau ngaadahi

adjective equally apportioned

dee gide

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blind

dodo

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blood

dolo

noun the name of a name-group

doo ai me

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dua alohagi

noun fishingline of a size appropriate fortrolling

dua lele

noun to throw one’s back out of joint

duai

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noun bench fitted with a tool to grate coconuts

duu kolu

adjective stand bracing oneself

duulua

noun fishsp.: jack (= large alaala)

ga aha

and then did what

gaagaasia

verb rubbed against (of lines only)

gagu

adjective well-mannered

gai

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verb eat (transitive)

gave hua podo

sprint (footrace of short distance)

gili malali

adjective clean ; neat

gobagoba

verb bushy (of hair)

goo

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verb bark (dog)

goobai-o-lillo

noun mollusk sp.: trochus

haangoda de boo

a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)

hadi bodo

adjective breaking of waves at short intervals

hadu goinga

noun boundarystone

hagaaduadu iho

self-criticism

hagadaga iho

adjective worsening

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagaeidu

verb treat as an eidu

hagailangi

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hagamadia

adjective show-off

hagamalamalama

verb shine

hagamanida

verb lift (something) up

hagammidi

noun suction of a sea current, undertow.

hagamoolau

verb hurry,rush

haganna

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to calm down someone who is excited or unhappy

hagaoda

noun a type of prepared food (a kind of dalogo made without water)

hahine

woman

hai duu

verb to carry a baby about

hai me dagi

work slowly

hanange

adjective go to

henuu

placenta

hesuihagi

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verb exchange, trade

holehole

verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)

holo

verb swallow

holomanga

noun throat

hua nnui

adjective having large fruit or nuts (of trees)

hua o tangada

outcome (of individual effort)

huge

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verb open (transitive)

ianga

verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger

kave huaame

verb take the whole thing

lai

noun forehead

laosedi

noun seawater

lodo baageaa

adjective weak-willed, easily tempted; excitedeasily by the opposite sex

maagoda

adjective jealous (sexual jealousy)

maanadu age

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

maaua

adjective poisoned (by food)

mada dabu

adjective affinal relatives who are maa or saulaba to each other ; avoidancerelationship

mada legalega

verb a small hole;having small openings

madalua maa haa

number twenty four

magulugulu

adjective to despair (of attaining success)

mahi

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adjective strong

mai moni

a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

malaangahu

noun feast held for a newly launched canoe

mamu-honga-dai

noun fishsp.: anchovy , silversides (small)

manava

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verb breathe

manu gulu

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breadfruit leaves

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me hagaodi

noun last one

milosanga

noun the way in which current flows

mogo

noun coconutapple (young and edible)

ngadi laangi

noun a day other than sunday; a day on whichnothing is accomplished

nnamu

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adjective filthy with food (i.e., hands after eating)

oha de ganomada

to work on a craft item (e.g., a canoe) with a model in mind of the finished product which is different from that of the person who began the work

pelaoaa

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local bread

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pensele

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noun pencil

saagule

pick head lice

saga

adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)

sengalia

verb deceived, fooled; made dependent upon(e.g., gifts)

songagi

noun a bad sort of person

ssaavale

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verb spit

ssongo

stink

suusu

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noun shoe

taholaa

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noun whale

tea age langi

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noun dawn

tino

noun piece; share

tuugili

noun goosebumps