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aahee ange
what else
bookmarkanu age
to dance below people
bookmarkbaagia
verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap
bookmarkbagi mada lagolago
machine gun
bookmarkbaluu
noun coconut crab
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bookmarkbasa dau donu
speak moderately
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaahia
verb cleanoff
bookmarkdabula
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkdaia e tuaadai
seasick
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdala-dalaa-moa
noun plantsp.: lycopodium phlegmaria l.
bookmarkdalanga a kai
a story which is not true
bookmarkdangada de henua
noun natives of nukuoro
bookmarkdangage dua
verb bend one’s head backwards
bookmarkdangi a beini
to have smelled ripe pandanus
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdatada
verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
bookmarkde gau duuli sou
gilbertese people
bookmarkdee hanga
adjective
don’t move away from the reef
denaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut
bookmarkdoonga a lima
one’s own tools, or tools with which one is familiar
bookmarkduunanga
noun that which has been cooked
bookmarkgaadinga lamallie
noun a coconut with an unusually large-sized kernel
bookmarkgabe
gouge out
bookmarkgalo-gila
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkgammenge-olomanga
noun mollusksp.: thais armigera
bookmarkgau hadu
the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached
bookmarkgegeno
alligator, crocodile
bookmarkgeu
verb shake one’s head (once) to one side
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkhadu lunga
noun a stone used to crush hermit crabs(for bait)
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaalukaba
verb cause to leave quickly, force out
bookmarkhagaaugaua
verb cause to be infected
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagabaabaagia
verb make no headway and be carried sideways(by a current or the wind) against a reef, etc.
bookmarkhagaboo
adjective greet; take leave of
bookmarkhagabungubungulia
verb cause to be expanded
bookmarkhagadangadanga
verb loosen
bookmarkhagadeai
verb cause to become non-existent
bookmarkhagaduu dala
adjective angry and ready to fight
bookmarkhagahaibodu
verb wedding; perform a wedding
bookmarkhagamadua
verb act like a grown-up (when still a child)
bookmarkhagamadumadua
verb to act as though very old
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhai saulaba
adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law
bookmarkhakolona
noun mollusksp.: augershell (terebridae sp.)
bookmarkhaoli
verb cover up
bookmarkhedaadoi
adjective collide
bookmarkhesohesongi
adjective repeatedly hesongi
bookmarkholi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarki dai nei
Mortlock Islands
bookmarkigohi
verb firetongs
bookmarklabodo-uli
noun eelsp.: morayeel
bookmarklale
noun fishsp. (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklau hadihadi
verb having wavy hair
bookmarklaulau gai
a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarkllea
adjective
say loudly
llilo
adjective able to be hooked
bookmarkllimu
noun a small honu
bookmarklodo lanea
adjective indecisive,confused
bookmarklua lodo
adjective undecided
bookmarkmaaloolo
adjective refreshed (e.g., after a rest, or a shower)
bookmarkmaamaangi
adjective repeatedly or continually maangi
bookmarkmahamaha mai
to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)
bookmarkmahole
adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)
bookmarkmaimai de ngudu
adjective sweet-talker
bookmarkmasausaua
verb be masausau
bookmarkmatoloia
noun a type of prepared food (made from dried breadfruit)
bookmarkmmilosanga
noun a confluence of currents (from below the surface of the sea)
bookmarkmoe iho
adjective sleep for a short time, nap; sleep overnight in place other than one’s usual sleeping place
bookmarkmuna e basa ange ai
noun answer
bookmarkngaue
adjective move (oneself), moved
bookmarkngole age
use smallest first
bookmarknngali
verb to take a bite out of something held in the hand (food only)
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksoe iho
adjective straight down; decided for one by the will of god
bookmarkvaiduu
lazy
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