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aausa

verb wake (of a ship)

aga

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noun root

agau

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noun reef (the portion which is sometimes under water)

ahiahi gohugohu

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noun dawn

alohaha

noun throat (of fish only)

anaa ai laa

those then were those

anga baabaa

noun mollusk sp., spider conch

anu age

to dance below people

aoaoa

verb habitually remain up until daybreak

daa de masavaa

time’s up it is time for...

daba

adjective a flash of light, a blink of an eye

dabuna

noun part of the female genitalia

dagalonga

noun path, route

dahuli de vae

dislocated ankle

dane

verb a fungus infection of the skin (consisting of superficial white spots)

dangaloa

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earthworm

dangi de musu

hear whispering (of others)

dao

noun spear, branch of

dao o gasoni

noun a type of a cloud formation

daohi ange dahi hai

argue against

dee hemuu

not on speaking terms

dengaa

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determiner very many (plural of denga); an uncountable number

diinei mai

make smaller; decrease

doga de manu

nesting of gadada, or gaalau, or gailulu

dogo huadia

verb a way of punting a canoe

dogodoganga

noun plantsp.

doo de gauanga

dislocated thigh bone

doo sala

adjective accidentally

duu baebae

adjective to appear in the distance as a row of small objects (like adjacent islets on the atoll)

duudae nguu

noun the inky excretion of the squid

gaba de aasanga

a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gaba taiao

noun early morning

gai de henua

native food (not imported)

gai i taiao

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verb have breakfast

galaanga

verb to look for members of the opposite sex by walking around at night

giivia

verb to have something in one’s eye

hadiugu

verb a unit of linear measure (from the end of an outstretched hand to the bent elbow of the other arm)

hadu-mangeo

cushion starfish

hagabuua

verb crowd away from

hagadaguu

noun a small axe, hatchet

hagadege

verb cause to wiggle the hips once

hagahala

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noun sleeping mat

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hagasaalunga

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noun spirit, soul

hagasaalunga de lungi

a member of the Christian Endeavor Society

hagasaangia

verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune

hagasebaga

verb make a total of ten billion

hagaseguli

verb make a total of one hundred thousand

hai madangi

adjective passwind (flatus)

hai me mulegi

to showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)

hai ngadaa

adjective difficult

helelei

adjective fly at the same time

hoa

noun side (of humans), below the hips

holadage

adjective laid out or spreadout all over

huaalavao

a strong wind

hugahuga

noun a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)

hune

noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree

lao

noun the posterior portion of the coconut crab

lau-gadaha

noun plantsp.: bird’s-nestfern(asplenium nidus l.)

lili

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adjective mad at, angry

lodo malangilangi

adjective happy

loma

adjective very calm, silent

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

ma

a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’

maalava

verb the fatty part of the turtle

madohi lua

adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway

madua

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adjective old (persons), mature, full-grown; parent, elder (senior relative)

maduilau

noun fishsp.: goatfish

mahaa de usu

to have encountered unexpected misfortune

maholehole

adjective scraped,scaled (fish)

malama

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noun month

malua

noun vagina

mami

verb taste (of something)

manu-gaba-aasanga

noun plantsp.: beachnaupakashrub(scaevola taccada (gaertn.) roxb.)

me balabala

noun the soft spot on an infant’s head; genitals (of males or females)

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

me maaguluaa

noun dislocated joint (of the body)

midi

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noun dream

moni sulu

noun submarine

moolau

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verb hurry

mounu

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verb (intransitive) break; be dismantled

mousi

adjective defeated, lose (battle, game, etc.)

muna hai alaa

oh my goodness

naamulolo

noun ramrod;

ngani adu

ngani toward others; fit around one as a belt etc.

odi ange

even (number); complete (none missing); reach the maximum

oha

verb break, break up, destroy;damage, ruin

olo

noun beach

oo

adjective fit to (or into)

paibu

noun pipe

pasalia

verb be talked about (many persons or things)

saganaa iho goe

watchout

samouli

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noun Nukuoro deity

sango

adjective wild (of animals scared of humans)

sebugi

numeral billions

sili iho

adjective have just stopped; calmdown (of a person)

ssili mada

to faint, be unconscious

ssongo

stink

tua

outside

ua-mea

red-throated frigate bird

umiumidi

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verb like (someone or something), feel affection for