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aalo lo te moana

a disturbance (local) of air

abadai

european

ade

noun liver

alaa huu

those (there) only are the ones

bae

verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)

bangabanga mai

become skinny, become shrunken

beagi

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noun bag

boo danuaa

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good night

buubuu a lada

a type of puzzle

buusagi

verb an eddy caused by a current

daa age

go toward land (from the lagoon)

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

danu de bela

spade up taro plots, adding mulch

danuaa loo

ok (good)

daula

verb rope (heavy); anchored (of ship)

de hine hagahaanau

midwife

deenei

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noun this

diha

verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict

dogadogaa

adjective having a tendency to be dogaa

doli age

adjective obtain the smallest first

dua duiagi

noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)

dua nnui

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

duga de gumigumi

verb allow one’s beard to grow

dunu madamada

verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)

duu galeve

adjective to collect the sap of a coconut tree (from its inflorescence)

duu inai

type of mat (a half inai)

duu podo

adjective do something at short intervals; often,frequently

duugiva

adjective rough texture, of a plaited object such as a mat

galauna

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gano siga

noun strands (of cloth)

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

golo age

continually golo voluntarily

golo me

adjective unforgiving

gu gide huu

spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)

haaede

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verb measure

haanau

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verb give birth

hagaaoa

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

hagabiigia

verb to make sticky

hagaditidi

verb to skip a stone across the water

hagadotodi

verb walk with a limp (temporarily)

hagadubu hue vini

the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduugau

verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs

hagahoohoo

verb to scare fish, etc.

hagalanu

verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)

hagatevea

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hai

verb do

hai me

industrious

hakadanga

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adjective funny, silly

hale o de henua

community meeting house

hasi

verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk

henga

noun the name of a name-group

hhagi de baa galele

jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth

hhanga dalogo

adjective to make dalogo

hili gee

sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)

hua daahili

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verb sing a song

huaahuu

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)

huaamee mugamuga

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noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut

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huui luu lima

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verb wash hands

i mua nei

beforehand

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

kona

adjective very, too much

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

laussoe

adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)

lele age

regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)

lele mouli

adjective surprised

liholiho

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coconut fiber rope

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llau

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number one hundred

luu duu de maduu

social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society

maanu

adjective to float in place (not drifting) on the surface of the water (with no anchor)

madaanga hulu maa ono

number sixteen

madalima daalaa

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noun fifty dollar bill

madohi iho

adjective to reach halfway down

magini

a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers

malau age

free of hardship (after having had it)

malo aahine

noun dress

malogahu

noun collared shirt

malumalu de me

cloudy day (not bright)

manu noodagi

noun a plant which has been noodagi

masalaba

adjective clear (not opaque or blurred); shiny (translucent)

masole

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adjective abraded (skin), scratched

massaganga

verb to be very dry

massogosogolia

verb to have been by oneself

moa-a-daila

noun birdsp. (= large moa)

moea

verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)

mosongenge

noun a name children tease each other with

muli lele

the rear tip of the turtle shell

nnamu hagaduugia

adjective stench

noho senga (adu)

adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)

noonounu

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verb repeatedly nounu

oohia

verb (for a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e., the tide not being so low that it is too shallow)

sagea

verb to do something without regard for others (because one is excited)

se me be hee

extraordinary or unusual (esp. in size)

seleia

verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish

sisi galisi

verb striped (with thin lines)

sobaga

fish sp. tang

sogosogo

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adjective alone, only, by oneself; each

taina daane madua

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noun elder brother

talinga

noun ear

tangada dee doo gi de me

uncouth person

tao o de me holu

noun arrow