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aalo dahi

verb do at one time

aamanu

verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead

aapulu

adjective sink all at once

ade

noun liver

alaa ange maalie

those there are exactly right

alaa dagodo

those there are the circumstances...

alaa sili

those there were enough

aloha

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love; compassion; affection

basaa

verb be talked into

belabela

verb dirty (like bela)

buubuua

verb to divine (for omens)

buudunga

noun pile of, group of

daalonga

noun a wound on the body

dabu

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adjective holy; sacred

dagaanga

noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook

dagadagalia

verb heavily travelled

dagi gee

lead away from

dau

noun cover for an earth oven

daula mada lau nui

noun a rope for tying palm fronds together to make a belubelu seine

delaa sili

that there is enough

dogi hulihuli

noun <= sauligi>

dolonoa

noun

doo de hatuli

the’falling of thunder’

dua gaahanga

noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)

dua nnui

adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)

duanui

noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf

dugidugi

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noun tool used to mash food

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dugidugi tugi lau

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noun tool used to soften the pandanus leaf

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duu kolu

adjective stand bracing oneself

duu-o-de-hine

anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)

duudagi

verb connect up, join up, continueupon

gabaea

verb to hang oneself (suicide)

gahaalava

adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)

gai boo

adjective eat early in the morning

galogalo malama

noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)

gave ala

verb a method of plaiting mats

gave lodo

adjective attract attention

gavidi

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a type of fishhook (made from turtle shell)

genu

verb a movement of the hips, as in the act of sexual intercourse

gimoo lele

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noun bat

gobugobu

adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly

goloa haangoda

noun fishinggear

goloa hai hegau

noun tools (for work)

goso

adjective bothered, annoyed

gulu

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noun breadfruit tree

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gumigumi

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beard

hagaaoa

verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)

hagaditidi de hadu

to skip a stone across the water

hagahanahana

verb recook over and over

hagakona

verb become (or make) much worse

hagamaadua

verb be oldest among

hagamaasei ange

make smaller (away from one)

hagassege i hegau

verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work

hai damaahine

adjective the relationship between parent and daughter

hai maa

adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse

hai saulaba

adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law

hakaau unuunu

to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hakaligali

verb grooved

hatinga

noun crook of the knee or elbow

hidu llau

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number seven hundred

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at night

ilo

noun worm

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noun name

ivi gaogao

noun rib

kadi gauvae

adjective to clench one’s teeth (from cold)

kadi gauve

to clench one’s teeth from the cold

kai laanui

adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro

kau donu

adjective usedto, easy to

labu manu

adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)

lahalaha

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verb measure off in fathoms

lahhie

noun firewood

langadala tohi

noun a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind

lodo danuaa

adjective happy

lohaloha

verb measure off in fathoms

loolodo

noun deep holes in the lagoon reef

mada

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front

mada hoodanga

noun a depression on the windward reef

mada mmea

dark red

madaangahulu daalaa buni

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noun ten dollar bill

madabiebie

noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)

madamada

half-cooked

malaia

adjective have luck which is unexpected (esp. bad, in which case considered retribution for past deeds)

manu lauligi

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decorative plants used to build boundary walls

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masana

verb good (quality)

massaa (ina)

verb despised by others

me bouli

the deepest part of the lagoon

mmala

adjective sour; bitter

moemoe

adjective becoming more round, spherical

ngaa

noun fishsp.

ngadau iho

younger

ngaiho

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noun north

ngudu aahua

noun islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)

osia

verb taken for planting

ouou

adjective Yes! Yes!

salibaadaa

verb a type of low cloud

sebu

adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time

ssogo

grated raw taro which has dried out

taiao danuaa

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good morning

talaa gamu

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piece of coral

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tangada madua

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noun old person