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aamanu

verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead

ade

noun liver

anaa ai loo

those then are

anailaa laa

it was today that

anei loo

these (here) are the ones

bauanga

noun worth, value

biho o de agoago

topic of a sermon

bolo

verb make a will (for oneself or others)

bonga

adjective bent, curved, defective (of fruit)

bulibuli

verb grab up one thing after another

daa gaiaa

verb to murder someone so that others don’t see

daa hagabodobodo

verb make a quick trip

daaea

noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)

daane dee lahilahia

noun a very special one (rarely seen)

dada me

adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)

dagi

verb lead, show the way, leader (of a group); extend to

dama daohi

noun an adopted child

dao hagamaadau

noun a spear with a barb

delaa loo

that was it

dele de longo

spread news or rumors

denei ange

this is another one

doloinui

adjective a hard lump inside a female’s stomach ; a coconut of the youngest stage of development

duu age

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verb stand up

duugunga o de henua

customs of the island (nukuoro)

ea gi lunga

to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)

ege age

raise up (something) from its previous trajectory

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gaime

verb eat (intransitive)

gaogao

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noun, preposition hip; beside

gavaausu

noun plantsp.: treesp.: barringtoniatree (barringtonia asiatica (l.) kurz)

gavidi

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a type of fishhook (made from turtle shell)

gelegele malama

noun sand with disk-like particles

goede

noun octopus

hadi bodo

adjective breaking of waves at short intervals

hadu mada

noun eyeball

hagabudu

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verb gather

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagahoa

noun a boil on the body

hagamogomogo

take special care of, cherish

hagaseguli

verb make a total of one hundred thousand

hagausi age

appearance of rain clouds on the horizon

hagausi mai

the appearance of rain clouds

hagausiusi

verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)

hai dagelo

adjective deep-bottomed

hai lodo

resentful

hale denga manu

noun hive (house for animals)

hano ai huu

forever

hano gi bouli gee

to transfigure oneself

holasa

noun a type of mat

hua bugaliaa

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noun Indian mulberry, cheese fruit; used to treat diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart problems

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hua-laagau

noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)

huaabodu

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noun family

huadia

noun fishing pole

huda

noun a verse of an old chant

i hee ai goe

you lose

imu-mea

noun fishsp.: triggerfish

inai

noun a type of mat

io alo

noun lower io, q.v.

kano avaavaa

adjective porous

kii gee

move away from

llama

verb fish for flying fish (at night)

llau

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number one hundred

lollolo

oily

luei

verb spit out (esp. food)

luu au

pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)

maalie ange

a little later

mada gelegele

noun male child

magau i togaa

die of shame

magi iviivi

adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption

magi sali usu

headcold,runny nose

malangilangi ai

happy with, pleased at; appreciative

manuhi

adjective hemorrhage

masagi

a dance (an ancient type)

masavaa alodahi

noun always

masole ange

barely scratched

massogosogolia

verb to have been by oneself

mavaevae

adjective scattered

me pasa

noun radio

mmili

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verb to grate

moso

noun birdsp.: starling (apolonis opacus)

mudimudi

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verb walk stealthily in a crouch

nebua

verb be nebu

ngago

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ngaue age

increase (in rank or price, etc.)

niigoi

verb wind around (of a rope, etc.)

ohuohu

verb having many ohu

paa de hatuli

rolling of thunder

pelaoaa

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local bread

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pigi

adjective be stuck

pogo

verb crumpled up

saalingaa nui

noun the rainwater which flows down a bent coconut tree (collected for drinking)

sau aloalo

echo

singano

the flower of a pandanus tree

sobo de laa

rising of the sun

tamaahine

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noun girl

tamadaane o dogu bodu

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noun son-in-law

tangada dee doo gi de me

uncouth person

tao

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noun spear

uaua nnui

noun larger blood vessels

vasu ai

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