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aadea moana

adjective unobstructed

aahu

adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish

abadai

european

aladi

verb initiate, begin

alo-uli

adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)

anaa donu

those only

anei laa

these (here) which were there

anga gi lodo

adjective an adze blade which is set at less than a right angle to its handle

angaanga

adjective aware, alert

angiangi

verb blow with increasing force (wind); blow continuously (wind); fan

ango

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noun yellow root, used to treat bruises; tumeric root

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anumia

verb bobbing in the water

bebee

adjective be flatulent

bolo ange

bequeath

bulu giidagi

noun a type of caulking compound, made from bulu and sap

daala

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noun dollar bill

daava

verb brackish (water); taste strange (of liquid)

dada alohagi

adjective trolling

dahido mada

noun inner corner of the eye

daholaa

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verb fish, hunt (at night)

dahuli de vae

dislocated ankle

dangada gohu

noun ignorant person

danngaho

noun stomach

de vai

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noun pond (a specific pool of water)

dee gamalie

adjective do very attentively

dee mahana tae

stay for only a short time

denei ange

this is another one

diba

noun portion, share, part, fraction

dohu de gili

covered all over (skin) with

duu de --

make a string figure

duu gee

adjective out of alignment

duunanga

noun that which has been cooked

ga dae laa huu

very, too much

gaagoo

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noun chicken

gai holoholo

verb eat fast

galamata

noun eye

gannui

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noun meat inside a young green coconut

gau looloa gaadinga

noun a bunch of fully mature coconuts

gelu-uliuli

noun fishsp.: tang

gidee (laa) goe

see what i mean

gili hau

noun the inner bark of the hibiscus

hadu-mangeo

noun cushionstarfish

hagaabasasa

verb act like or emulate europeans

hagaahee

adjective when (near future)

hagadidi

verb to put a grass skirt on someone else

hagaduu me

adjective miserly

hagahidu (ina)

verb the name of a person in a traditional story

hagahongagelegele

verb to make a child defecate

hagao ngaohie

inexpensive

hagavagavaga

verb punishment of a person by confinement (without food or drink) until his death

hai sala

adjective mistake,error

hakaugau

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verb wash someone

hakino gee

filthy,disgusting

hesilihagi

verb to pass each other on intersecting courses; dislocated (joint of the body)

hhadu

adjective invented, made-up (e.g., a story)

hhuda

adjective open one’s eyes; awaken for a short time

honu baabaa

adjective fill to the brim

hulu manu

noun feathers

igauli

noun fishsp.: tang (2 sorts)

ioo

adjective to make a sound indicating "take it"

kangi baasi lua

adjective double-edged

kino

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verb hate

laangi i mua anaahi

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noun day before yesterday

lae

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noun forehead

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

lua-baaua

time noun the second number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"

ma te hakii

the uvula and the adjacent portions of the oral cavity

maadau daabasi

noun a type of fishhook

maailaba

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

maamaai

adjective ripening (of breadfruit only)

maanegabo

adjective energetic

maava

adjective yawn,belch

magalili

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adjective cold

magau de lima

a paralyzed arm

mainu

noun bait (on the hook)

manu gaugau

noun plantsp.: a variety of taro

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

massogosogo

adjective go or do by oneself;a one-man canoe

mee hai ada

camera

mmala luu mada

stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)

molimoli ngaadai

adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition

moni madagidagi

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old canoes

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moumou

verb wasteful,waste (something)

ngadi seesee

walk barefoot, stroll

ngavesi haangoda

noun fishing tacklebox

niho gai

noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)

noho hagamaaiongi

adjective to sit as though stunned (i.e., as though hagamaaiongi)

noho mai (adu, ange)

resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)

ouou

adjective yes yes

panga

adjective

salaboli

noun may

samouli

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noun Nukuoro deity

se hagabau

do deliberately (esp. something bad); willful, mean

sigale

verb scull (a boat)

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

tahi-malama

noun January (’first month’)

tainaahine gauligi

noun younger sister

tuugili

noun goosebumps

ua

noun neck

vasu

like