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aausa ina
a sea condition resembling that resulting from a ship leaving a wake
bookmarkadu
adugau daane
noun part of the plug of the pandanus
bookmarkalaa naa
those only
bookmarkaloalo-mea
adjective becoming red (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa ange huu
that
anaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbobo
adjective rotten
bookmarkboi
adjective
abnormal
boo gi me
acquisitive (and acting on acquisitive impulses)
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkdaatugu
verb to curse (someone)
bookmarkdaba de ganomada
instantaneous, in the blinking of an eye
bookmarkdabadaba
verb twinkling,flashing,winking
bookmarkdagodo gee (ma)
another thing altogether;different (from); recuperating (after an illness)
bookmarkdaia e de hegau
overworked
bookmarkdaina ahine
noun sisters
bookmarkdala hhua
verb eruptions on the skin (e.g., hives, insectbites, etc.)
bookmarkdama de gaehala
noun a raincloud (dropping its rain) seen in the distance
bookmarkdangi hagahadihadi
adjective wail loudly (when crying)
bookmarkdau ngaadahi
adjective equally stretched (of two or more ropes)
bookmarkdee ahe mai
adjective incurably ill
bookmarkdee hagabaulia
underestimate,misjudge
bookmarkdelaa naa loo
that there could be it
bookmarkdoga
noun a (live) coral formation
bookmarkdogai
noun
transverse tiebeam
duoi
noun parasites (intestinal) of fish
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarke lodo goe
watchout
bookmarkelunga
noun top of, the position over (something)
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgide malie
adjective get in the habit of
bookmarkgili langi
verb a type of cloud (not associated with rain)
bookmarkgogo dua
adjective bent backwards
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkhadu-gamugamu
noun coralsp.
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagaaneane
verb console; excite sexually
bookmarkhagadau doo
adjective to transfer a string figure from oneperson’s fingers to another’s
bookmarkhagadili
verb produce offspring
bookmarkhagadubu o manu
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagamademade gaiaa
adjective cringe to deceive one’s opponent into thinking one is afraid (when one is not)
bookmarkhagammuni iho
adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)
bookmarkhagasemuna
verb make a total of one hundred million
bookmarkhagasoosoa
verb to put soosoa on a canoe
bookmarkhai daalanga
adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk animatedly
bookmarkhai me dagi
work slowly
bookmarkhau manu
noun a garland of flowers, headdress, necklace
bookmarkhelii-baalanga
noun plantsp.: grasssp.
bookmarkhellumi
verb melee
bookmarkhellumi de henua
mass confusion or panic
bookmarkhesilihagi gee
to have hesilihagi by aconsiderable distance
bookmarkhhagi gee
turn away from (to avoid),veer
bookmarkiholia
verb useful for climbing down
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklima ma vae ange
work for as a servant
bookmarklimilimi
noun coralsp.: brain coral
bookmarkloselose-uli
noun fishsp.: trumpetfish
bookmarklou
a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down
bookmarklugu
verb take or obtain something by force
bookmarkmada dahi
adjective having a single point or blade
bookmarkmaeva
adjective move from one place to another
bookmarkmalele
adjective completed
bookmarkmalino
adjective calm (weather), still (wind)
bookmarkmaluulu de me
the weather is cold
bookmarkmanege ma de --
better than (nothing, etc.)
bookmarkme-e-ligi
noun taro corm (small)
bookmarkmisi
adjective
a sound made by sucking through pursedlips
mmadu
noun fishsp.: mojarrafish (= small sugimanga)
bookmarkmomme hai lua
a fishing spot (beyond the seaward reef) where either reef or ocean fish canbe found
bookmarkngaage nei
Gilbert Islands
bookmarkngadi hanonga
a useless journey
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarkoa
noun gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkoomea
adjective afternoon (late)
bookmarkpelaani
verb fry
bookmarksai
noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)
bookmarksiia gi moana ngaadai
drift downwind, away from land
bookmarksongagi
a bad sort of person
bookmarksuugulu
verb learn
bookmarktahi-malama
noun January (’first month’)
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
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