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aalo dahi
verb do at one time
bookmarkaamanu
verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead
bookmarkaapulu
adjective sink all at once
bookmarkade
noun liver
bookmarkalaa ange maalie
those there are exactly right
bookmarkalaa dagodo
those there are the circumstances...
bookmarkalaa sili
those there were enough
bookmarkbasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkbelabela
verb dirty (like bela)
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkbuudunga
noun pile of, group of
bookmarkdaalonga
noun a wound on the body
bookmarkdagaanga
noun way of tying the leader to a fish hook
bookmarkdagadagalia
verb heavily travelled
bookmarkdagi gee
lead away from
bookmarkdau
noun cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdaula mada lau nui
noun a rope for tying palm fronds together to make a belubelu seine
bookmarkdelaa sili
that there is enough
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdolonoa
noun
doo de hatuli
the’falling of thunder’
dua gaahanga
noun one of the lines of which gaahangais composed)
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkduanui
noun hard middle ridge of the coconut palm leaf
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dugidugi tugi lau
duu kolu
adjective stand bracing oneself
bookmarkduu-o-de-hine
anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgahaalava
adjective orange-colored (like a certain variety of coconut)
bookmarkgai boo
adjective eat early in the morning
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgave ala
verb a method of plaiting mats
bookmarkgave lodo
adjective attract attention
bookmarkgenu
verb a movement of the hips, as in the act of sexual intercourse
bookmarkgobugobu
adjective splash (or make noise like splashing)repeatedly
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgoloa hai hegau
noun tools (for work)
bookmarkgoso
adjective bothered, annoyed
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hagaaoa
verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)
bookmarkhagaditidi de hadu
to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagahanahana
verb recook over and over
bookmarkhagakona
verb become (or make) much worse
bookmarkhagamaadua
verb be oldest among
bookmarkhagamaasei ange
make smaller (away from one)
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work
bookmarkhai damaahine
adjective the relationship between parent and daughter
bookmarkhai maa
adjective the relationship of spouse’s sibling tosibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai saulaba
adjective the relationship of parent-in-law to child-in-law
bookmarkhakaau unuunu
to cause an infant to feed at the breast
bookmarkhakaligali
verb grooved
bookmarkhatinga
noun crook of the knee or elbow
bookmarkilo
noun worm
bookmarkivi gaogao
noun rib
bookmarkkadi gauvae
adjective to clench one’s teeth (from cold)
bookmarkkadi gauve
to clench one’s teeth from the cold
bookmarkkai laanui
adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro
bookmarkkau donu
adjective usedto, easy to
bookmarklabu manu
adjective to pet (pets, children, or a member of the opposite sex)
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
lodo danuaa
adjective happy
bookmarklohaloha
verb measure off in fathoms
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarkmada hoodanga
noun a depression on the windward reef
bookmarkmada mmea
dark red
bookmarkmadabiebie
noun fishsp.: seabass (2 sorts: 1 large, 1 small)
bookmarkmadamada
half-cooked
bookmarkmalaia
adjective have luck which is unexpected (esp. bad, in which case considered retribution for past deeds)
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masana
verb good (quality)
bookmarkmassaa (ina)
verb despised by others
bookmarkme bouli
the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkmmala
adjective sour; bitter
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more round, spherical
bookmarkngaa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkngadau iho
younger
bookmarkngudu aahua
noun islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarkosia
verb taken for planting
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarksebu
adj seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarkssogo
grated raw taro which has dried out
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