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ahu
noun islet
bookmarkanaa naa loo
those seem to be
bookmarkbaieu
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp.
bookmarkbalu malau
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbane
noun the flat top of the shark’s snout
bookmarkbangi
verb pinch (with the fingers)
bookmarkbinaaina
adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations
bookmarkbole
adjective bawl out, be angry; be mad (as indicated by one’s movements)
bookmarkboolonga
noun testament
bookmarkbulibuliaamou
adjective prone to long for
bookmarkbuu
adjective come out from (like smoke or pus); be forced out of
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaagina
verb towing; dragging
bookmarkdagodo
adjective
situation, circumstance; liedown
dagugu
noun fishsp.: (the native term is appliedto many spp.): damselfish, snapper
bookmarkdala malo
adjective change clothes
bookmarkdalaa manu
noun piece of broken glass
bookmarkdau age de inai
be in the lee of the atoll while fishing (i.e., in a place protected from the wind)
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiiloo
verb look after; look at attentively
bookmarkdonadona
covered in warts/moles
bookmarkduba
noun land crab sp. (small)
bookmarkduu malaelae
noun an open field (having no trees)
bookmarkduulua
noun jack (fish sp); large alaala
bookmarkgaanoni
noun
an omen of death
gabaduu
verb to sail a canoe against the wind; paddle or pole a canoe against the current
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgannui ngadaa
adjective a coconut which has less gannui than would be expected at its stage of maturity
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkgoloa hesuihagi
noun goods which are bartered
bookmarkhaa manu
noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhagaada
verb give a picture to
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadegi
verb praise (god only)
bookmarkhagadubu dinae
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagadubuna
verb treat as dubuna
bookmarkhagaduu gaiaa
adjective suspicious by nature
bookmarkhagaidaida
verb cry uncontrollably (hysterically); a disturbance of breathing
bookmarkhagailonga ange agina
assign (someone) to; use something as a landmark
bookmarkhagallongo de lau nui
to obtain oracular information bylistening to the sounds made by coconut leaves
bookmarkhai de biho
verb act smart (deviously)
bookmarkhai taelodo
adjective obtain something in great number
bookmarkhalaasola
noun mollusksp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkhalehale me
adjective a developing situation
bookmarkhanu ange
some more
bookmarkhaula ngongo
adjective to roast ngongo (in a fire)
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkhune
noun core of the breadfruit; the flower of the breadfruit tree
bookmarkhuuhuge
verb open or uncover many things (by several persons)
bookmarkkanamalie
adjective tasty (especially of taro)
bookmarkkii adu
get out
bookmarkkii ange
increase
bookmarkkini
verb pick at one time,pinch at one time
bookmarkllabu
verb claw
bookmarklo te hebagi
during the war
bookmarkloange
adjective
go (to the place away from both the speaker and hearer)
loha
verb fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkluu gili
noun labiaminora
bookmarkmaadai
noun a cult official (who looked after the cult-house)
bookmarkmadannia
noun finger
bookmarkmadohi
adjective middle (of something long and thin),halfway; to have gone halfway, to reach the halfway point
bookmarkmaile
noun plantsp.: maile-scentedfern(polypodium scolopendria burm. f.)
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkme abadai
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme ne modu
decision
bookmarkmili
adjective fruitful, fructiferous
bookmarkminede
noun minute
bookmarkmmahi
adjective strong, strength, force, power,energy
bookmarkmulegi
verb showoff (in front of members of the opposite sex)
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarknabe
to look under the waistband or belt
bookmarkngalue ange
increase
bookmarkngavalivali
adjective repeatedly ngavali (as a divingboard in use)
bookmarkngudu leia
verb be the object of continual gossip; scorned
bookmarknigo
verb go around in a circle; wind around
bookmarkoha de nnoho paba
disturb the peace
bookmarkpaa
adjective explode,burst
bookmarksalani ange
just a little salani
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarkseni iho
adjective take a nap, stay overnight (away fromhome)
bookmarksisi galisi
striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksissisi
adjective striped (having stripes)
bookmarksou
a gust of wind
bookmarkvvala
a piercingly bright light; the cutting of a fast canoe through the water
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