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aasolo
noun mollusk sp.: clam sp. (a type of baasua)
bookmarkaligi
adjective priest (of a cult)
bookmarkanataiao
this morning
bookmarkbadioda
verb the residue remaining after coconut oil has been heated; the residue remaining after arrowroot starch-making
bookmarkbagibagi de me
all of a sudden (violent actions)
bookmarkbakau dahi de manu
not to go fishing when other groups are going
bookmarkbalala
verb the sound of sucking liquid; the sound of coitus
bookmarkbangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbapaba
adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkbolo iho
adjective to make oneself the beneficiary of a will which one has made for another
bookmarkbouli
adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)
bookmarkdaa sseu
verb a way of forming the body of a canoe
bookmarkdaane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdalia
adjective tired
bookmarkdama-a-de-galabe
noun fishsp.: goby , sleeper
bookmarkdangada mai i daha
relatives by marriage or adoption, etc.
bookmarkdee kasi
perhaps
bookmarkdemeelaa
that one over there
bookmarkdenei donu
this is it for sure
bookmarkdenga daanunga
noun graves
bookmarkdiilevalevanoa
noun the fifth child of a couple
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdua gina
noun fishingline of a size appropriate for gina fishing
bookmarkdua haangoda de boo
noun fishingline of a size appropriate forhaangoda de boo
bookmarkduu i de liiliagi
equal in status
duu modu
adjective vertical cut
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodous sea cucumber
bookmarkduudua-a-de-honu
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgai hilihili
adjective eat only certain foods prepared incertain ways by certain people; fussy (about food)
bookmarkgalo ahi
sparks
bookmarkgau dagodo
noun the boom of a sail
bookmarkgeesaama
noun outrigger cross boom (of a canoe)
bookmarkgide gauligi
verb to see from the perspective of a small child
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgubulima
noun wrist
bookmarkHadu lehu
the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagabudu me
adjective selfish
bookmarkhagadai
verb furnish salt to
bookmarkhagadaula
verb to anchor
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hagailangi daahaa
noun a type of prepared food (like dalogo, but without somo or mugamuga)
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhakiia
verb move (something) away completely
bookmarkhakino gee
filthy,disgusting
bookmarkhale dabeo
noun menstrualhut
bookmarkhale haahine
noun a house of prostitution
bookmarkhegide mada
adjective early morning, before daybreak (when one can just barely recognize a person)
bookmarkhhaa
verb blossom forth
bookmarkhohhoo
adjective a sound made when surprised
bookmarkhonohono
verb having hono in several places
bookmarkhoohoa laagau
adjective drill wood to make a hole in which toinsert the end of a pole (to make a joint)
bookmarki mua nei
beforehand
bookmarkio
noun a quarter of the body of a tuna when it is cut lengthwise
bookmarkkii iho
adjective smaller, lesser (in rank, importance,strength, development, etc.)
bookmarklaangai laamaleu
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping but not biting
bookmarklau makaga
verb stiff
bookmarkleva saele
adjective vagrant (having no fixed abode)
bookmarklipaidonga
noun mollusksp.: turbo petholatus
bookmarklodo gaiaa
adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating
bookmarkloimada
noun tears
bookmarkmaamaanadu
verb keep thinking about
bookmarkmada gide
adjective sharp-eyed, goodat finding things
bookmarkmada loolodo
verb a depression in the reef (wherewater accumulates)
bookmarkmadalua maa haa
number twenty four
bookmarkmadannia madua
noun thumb
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmanogo
noun fishsp.: goby
bookmarkmanu ea
noun coralhead (at or broaching the surface of the water)
bookmarkmilo
noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)
bookmarkmmano
noun thousands
bookmarkmuna pada
harsh words
bookmarknamu
noun mosquito
bookmarknngolo
adjective a steady sound (e.g., of a machine, of rain, or of vibration)
bookmarkoluu
pronoun your (plural; for plural noun)
bookmarksaavale
noun spit, saliva
bookmarksamu
verb gossip,slander
bookmarksavaa
adjective soon (will happen)
bookmarksiva llau
number nine hundred
bookmarksou
verb a gust of wind
bookmarktua
outside
bookmarkubu
noun cup
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