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aadea
verb clear (easily seen), unobscured
bookmarkalava
noun fish sp.: shark sp.
bookmarkanaa ange huu
that
basa hagamalaia
adjective to curse (someone)
bookmarkbeibei
adjective more-or-less alike
bookmarkdahinga
noun way of shaving
bookmarkdama adu hale
noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others
bookmarkde huu de henua
noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island
bookmarkdii
verb shine (sun)
bookmarkdiinonga
adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkdohu lodo
adjective full to capacity
bookmarkdongi de lae
noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies
bookmarkdonu
noun fishsp.: seabass (= small ava)
bookmarkdoo de gai me
miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)
bookmarkdoo ngaage
adjective south wind
bookmarkdooa
verb planted
bookmarkdungudungu
verb have a good sense of smell
bookmarkduu-uli
noun sea cucumber species
bookmarkgaadinga gaha dea
a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga
bookmarkgaagose
sea cucumber
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgaleve sali
noun a coconut tree which produces much galeve
bookmarkgamua
verb covered with gamu
bookmarkgasigi
noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)
bookmarkgaua
verb to have enlarged lymph nodes
bookmarkgava-uli
reef heron - grey phase
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgubu
noun joint (of the hand or foot); verse (of a song)
bookmarkhaadinga haiava
noun bend in a path
bookmarkhadi aho
adjective
hadu lalo
noun a stone on which hermit crabs are crushed (to use for bait)
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadaula
verb to anchor
bookmarkhagadibadibalia
verb cause to hagadibadiba
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagamaadau
noun a current which flows to the right
bookmarkhagao baubau
low wages, low-priced
bookmarkhagausinga
noun raincloud (includes all cumulus types)
bookmarkhai dubuna
adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild
bookmarkhaingaa me
noun work requiring a large work force
bookmarkhhuna
verb hide at one time
bookmarkhine dau bodu
noun married woman
bookmarkhuaalanga
noun a type of coconuttree
bookmarkhusi
taro bag, swamp
bookmarkili taalanga
talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length
bookmarkkano malie
adjective a tasty tuber of good quality
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarklangona
adjective heard,felt
bookmarkma de hia e doe
a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object
bookmarkmaadau dae ssae
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaagau
verb die (plural subj.)
bookmarkmagakaga
adjective firmly attached
bookmarkmakaga lodo
adjective stubborn
bookmarkmalimalino
verb becoming more and more malino
bookmarkmanaunau
verb act crazy or insane
bookmarkmangoo-senga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu-mmala
noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)
bookmarkmasoasoa
spacious
bookmarkmasole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkmassogosogolia
verb to have been by oneself
bookmarkme duu
noun clitoris
bookmarkmilosanga
noun the way in which current flows
bookmarkmoosugia ange
somewhat moosugia
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarknebu ange
adjective to perceive that others are occupied
bookmarkngalue age
increased,augmented
bookmarkniho gai
noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)
bookmarknuinui
noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkodaadeu
pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkosi
verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling
bookmarkpulu
verb to be dry and smooth; satiated; be able to withstand
bookmarksagea gee
extremely sagea
bookmarksala
noun mistake,error,accident
bookmarksalasalahagi
verb repeatedly salahagi
bookmarksavini
adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)
bookmarkse aha
what is it
bookmarkse me be hee
extraordinary or unusual (esp. in size)
bookmarkseseu
verb
push (now and into the future)
somo
noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15
bookmarkssoi
to foretell a death by words or actions (which cause death)
bookmarktea age laangi
noun dawn
bookmarkubu loada
a coconut shell used for expectoration
bookmarkudua
promontory, peninsula
bookmarkului
turn inside out
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