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adudai

noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)

agoago

noun taro fibers

ala galigi

noun a method of mat making

alodahi hugadoo

everything, everybody; each and every

amuamu iho

noun drizzle

au dili dai

an ocean current flowing away from land

baguu

adjective fall over (as a felled tree); tip over; lean (in one direction)

basa lilo

adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)

basalia

verb seep (of water)

bobo

adjective rotten

daabeduge

verb work seriously

daahili hagadaahao

adjective a song which is for amusement only (one which is not ’serious’, i.e., not religious)

daaholi paalaaini

noun fried taro and banana biscuit

dagugu

noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper

dahola

verb fish, hunt (at night)

daholaa

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verb fish, hunt (at night)

dahuuhuu

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noun roof

dai

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noun west

dangada lo te gohu

noun unenlightened person

dangau-ngudu-aahua

noun

daula baalanga

noun cable,wire (heavy)

dee anga

forgetful, absent-minded

diimadamadanoa

noun the ninth child of a couple

dodo ina

bloody

dolu llau

number three hundred

dulagi

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verb, noun seem; appear; appearance, example, situation

duu bale

verb not quite vertical

ga haidama

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adjective pregnant

gahao

noun plantsp.: treesp.: ochrosiatree(ochrosia oppositifolia (lam.) k. sch.)

gai gi de mahi

eat as much as possible

gannui ngadaa

adjective a coconut which has less gannui than would be expected at its stage of maturity

gilaadeu

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pronoun they (plural)

gu hagaola loo

just missed catching

haale

verb adopt, raise (a child)

hadu tugi lau

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noun stone on which the pandanus leaf is smashed

hagaaligi

verb install as a priest (of a cult)

hagabadabaatai

verb

hagadaga age

improving

hagadau-me

adjective enemy; dispute (with someone), argue

hagadaumee

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noun enemy

hagaditidi mai de moni

a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)

hagahana ange

recook for a very little while

hagalaagii

verb decorate, adorn; ornament

hagannamu age

eat a little of

hagao

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verb buy

hagapago donu

fortunate result

hagassege i hegau

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

hai lodo

resentful

haiadaligi

noun the eldest child of the eldest child

hakadanga

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adjective funny, silly

hanu

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verb have

helii-lausedi

noun seaweedsp.

henua monga

noun land (island) of mountains

hhao tuula

adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)

hilohilo senga

adjective half-crazy

holehole

verb scrape off (with an object or one’s finger), to scale (fish)

hoohonga

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noun hive, nest

kadi gauve

to clench one’s teeth from the cold

kalo

verb stir up

laagau ssui

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noun wet wood

lahhie

noun firewood

langi maadolu

noun heavy rain

laohie age

improving condition (of weather)

lilo

adjective disappear, vanish; sheltered(from the elements)

lomolomosi

verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi

lou aama

adjective the submerging of the outrigger float

luu ana

pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)

mada mmea

adjective dark red

madaa ua

noun drop (of liquid or rain)

madalua

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number twenty

magua

adjective thieving

malaia

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

malinolino ~ malimalino

verb becoming more and more calm (of weather)

mangunngungu

adjective the sound of something being chewed

manu-de-laama

noun any of the small flying insects which swarm near a light

massaa (ina)

verb despised by others

mau

adjective usual ; usually

mee daadaa

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noun carved object; the act of carving

midia

verb dream about

mili

adjective fruitful, fructiferous

momme hagadaahao

noun playground

moni

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noun canoe

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ngadi biho

noun head

ngadi hanonga

noun a useless journey

ngalue ange

increase

ngavali

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adjective bent slightly (not sharply)

nguu

squid

nnoo

adjective covetous,envious

noganoga

verb a method of plaiting mats

noho moso

able to support one’s weight (e.g., a branch of a tree)

odaau

pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)

ohu

a depression in a tree trunk

ono-malama

time noun june (’sixth month’)

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)

saabai

verb lift up and carry; carry (a burden)

singa

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adjective overhand

sou

a gust of wind

sugimada

the outer corner of the eye

tainaahine gauligi

noun younger sister

unusaagi

deception