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aadiidii

verb dry (something) by artificial heat

alaa dagodo

those there are the circumstances...

aloalo me

noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll

ataula

noun anchor rope

au dili uda

an ocean current flowing toward land

badotodi

verb move jerkily

bakau dahi de manu

not to go fishing when other groups are going

basa soe

adjective say what is on one’s mind; speak directly (so that one’s meaning is clear)

bili i de lodo

unforgotten

bolebole

adjective trembling; shaking; inclined to bawl out

daaemai

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verb arrive

daelodo

noun number, figure; the outrigger boombetween the giado madua and the giado manu

dagalonga

noun path, route

danu

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verb bury

danudanu

verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)

deainga

noun nothingness

debele

noun table

dee dau ia

it’s ok

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

demaadeu

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pronoun our (plural, exclusive; for singular noun)

denaa ai laa

that was it

denei nei ()

this is it (is this it)

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

doo ma gu...

fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify

dua

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noun east

dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

dumulu

noun july

duu ubu haohao

piece of taro cooked in a coconut shell with coconut oil

gai ngaadahi

adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population

galo gila

goatfish

gau mai moni

noun foreigners (lit., ’people who came in canoes’)

gi hanu donu huu

any kind whatsoever

gudu

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noun louse

haa-alaala

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

hadu daahili

adjective to make up a song

hagaaduisiisi

verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife

hagabuulunga

verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else

hagadaahao

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verb play

hagadanuaa magavaa

adjective make peace between people, conciliate

hagadoodoo denga muna

boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)

hagaganimua

verb to treat as an eldest child

hagagili

verb cause to have skin disease

hagamaalama

verb brighten,illuminate

hagapuni

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verb plus, add

hagasaaloa

verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune

hagasae gili

verb pierce the skin superficially

hagavaivai

verb cause to become watery, or less viscous

hai dama

adjective pregnant

hai hagadubu

adjective to fashion a string figure

hale hagao me

store

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

hau

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noun necklace, wreath, crown

heboheboohagi

adjective fight frequently

hhui mai tai

flow of the tide

hongagelegele

hugadoo

unclassified all (of things)

ialona

noun a type of string figure

ivi-a-daea

noun shoulderblade

kangi de hagasaele

a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)

kave huaame

verb take the whole thing

kini

verb pick at one time,pinch at one time

kino

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verb hate

laangidabu

time noun sunday

lauasaasa

verb skinny

laulau

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a type of basket

leia

verb be jumped upon; be landed upon

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

lodo gaiaa

adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating

longaa

adjective annoyed by noise

lua lodo

adjective undecided

luu duu

noun covers (of books), two halves

luu gili

noun labiaminora

maamaalamangia

verb continuously maalamangia

mada-umanga

noun the bud of a cyrtosperma taro corm

madaniiga

verb ingrown callus

madolidolia

adjective very madolidoli

mahumahu

adjective becoming mahu

manaunaua

verb crazy,insane

manu de henua

noun nukuoro varieties of swamp taro(cyrtosperma)

masavaa de gauligi

childhood

me bouli

noun the deepest part of the lagoon

me mmilo

current (in the sea)

modo

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adjective unripe

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

moomodu

adjective ; collapse completely

mouli-o-nono

noun <= malianoono>

muna de henua

noun the nukuoro language

ngalue de gauvae

dislocated jaw

oda

noun grated coconut meat after the oil has been expressed

odomalie

adjective delicious (of coconut apples only)

saalinga

noun street; road

sae

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verb (transitive) to tear (fabric, paper)

sasa

adjective to talk or move in one’s sleep, or whendelerious

sasao

adjective escape one after the other

senga manu

adjective stupid (like an animal)

sii valavala

spray

siilinga a muna

noun trial or formal inquiry

tahi-laangi

noun Monday (’first day’)

taina ahine odogu bodu

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noun sister-in-law

veelenga

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noun garden