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aamanu

verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead

aau

verb remove

alaa ange

and those there

aladoidoi

noun iron (a piece of)

alodahi

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adjective all, every

aoa

verb to inadvertently remain up until daybreak

baagia age

to be carried to the shore (of a canoe) by a current or the wind

bili

adjective be caught or hung up on something so as unable to fall (as a felled tree)

boo gi dai

the period when the quarter moon appears in the west just after sunset

boolaa ange

say boolaa to

bulabula

adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)

dabanimeeli

adjective payment for medical treatment

dagamanga

noun path, route

dahea iho

adjective drift toward the place where the speaker is not

dahola

verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)

dalodalo i de lodo

pray silently

dangada hua dahili

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noun singer

dangi a beini

to have smelled ripe pandanus

daumaha daahili

noun song service (in church)

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

degidegi

adjective having a kind or generous nature

doadoa

verb the sound made to attract chickens

duai

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dugilima

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noun elbows

duu de --

make a string figure

duu donu

adjective vertical

duu galeve

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

duu-o-de-hine

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

duugunga o de henua

customs of the island (nukuoro)

gahuduna

noun ridgepole cover

gau

noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)

giba

verb swelling of the testicles

gide eidu

verb to see a vision, hallucinate

gideu

noun plantsp.: fern sp.

hagaaligi

verb install as a priest (of a cult)

hagaasanga

verb to create aasanga

hagababa

verb become engaged to marry; make level, make flat; prepare for, make ready

hagabuni de henua

to call an all-island meeting

hagadaaganga

noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)

hagahee mai

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verb return

hagaheiangi

verb act smart (openly)

hagallongo

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verb hear, listen

hagamadua

verb act like a grown-up (when still a child)

hagammabu

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verb die (euphemistic); take a break

hai dahi heohi

maintain one’s position in an argument(against contrary positions)

hai me moolau

an habitually fast worker

hano de leebunga

run (of a color); fade (of a color)

henua i lalo (alodahi)

noun world (lands other than nukuoro)

hoimanu

noun fishsp.: eagleray

iganibongi

noun fishsp.

ili taalanga

talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length

inai

noun a type of mat

kangi

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adjective sharp

kini

noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)

laanui

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adjective big

ladi

verb initiate, begin, start

lahilahi

adjective fishsp.; tremendous (followed by ina)

lalau

adjective one after another becoming lau1

langi

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noun rain, heaven, sky

langi maakau

noun the sort of rain which is an omen of death

lele biho

adjective dive head first

llau mano

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hundred thousands

lodo gilimalali

noun pureness of heart, innocence

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

ma

a measure of the quantity of flying fish (ssave) caught (by hundreds): e.g., dolu ma ’three hundred flying fish’

maaguluaa

adjective dislocated (joint of the body)

maalava

verb the fatty part of the turtle

madadaagodo

adjective gradual slope or inclination

madamada o dangada

noun in public

mago de henua

noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)

mahulu

noun wakefulness

mai moni

noun a type of fishhook (made from pearl shell)

malanga age

lifted up from; come up (e.g., weeds)

malibilibia

adjective sharp (esp something which causes sharp pain like a whip)

mami ange

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verb taste

manga lua tae

noun cleft in the buttocks

masi

verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe

masoasoa

spacious

mavaevae

adjective scattered

moloa

verb knotted (of hair)

namu

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noun mosquito

nebu ange

adjective to perceive that others are occupied

ngaage

downtown.

ngaengae

verb to become dizzy in the water

nngao dalinga

adjective hurting in the ears from noise

noho lalo

adjective overloaded (almost to the point of sinking)

oho adu

go early

oo

adjective fit to (or into)

pena

verb take precautions

sabisabini

verb wrap up or tie up over and over

sai

verb wrap,cover up (with several layers)

salasalahagi

verb repeatedly salahagi

savasavala

adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy

se gava

know (how to do something) well

seaha

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what

sobaga

noun fishsp.: tang

sogoisi loo huu

solo

verb to grate or file (something); to launch or beach a canoe by dragging it along the shore; a type of prepared food (made from grated taro)

tegi

adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)

ulu-dugi

hawk fish