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aagai
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkabasasa
noun European
bookmarkaloalo-uli
adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkbaa galele
noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing
bookmarkbaalasa
verb
ballast for an outrigger
balu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkdaa mouli
take life away from
bookmarkdaga
verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap
bookmarkdagidogoisi
adjective very few for each one
bookmarkdaguu kalo
noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade
bookmarkdamana mai i daha
stepfather
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdegi
adjective kind, generous, forgiving
bookmarkdoo ma gu...
fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify
bookmarkduai lalo vae
noun a type of coconut grater which is placed under the leg
bookmarkduu de gona
umbilical hernia
bookmarkgaba de aasanga
a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll
bookmarkgage
verb climb; climb up on
bookmarkgalagalani
adjective come close to the end of
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkgangong
noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking
bookmarkgau dahi
adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)
bookmarkgea
hawksbill turtle
bookmarkgili belu
verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)
bookmarkginigini looloa
noun a game played by children
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkhaanialo
verb a bracing cross-beam <>
bookmarkhaele sala
spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.
bookmarkhagabido
verb
carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end
hagadaalea
verb
hagadabena ange
prepare for
bookmarkhagahenua
verb give land to
bookmarkhagalua (ina)
verb make a total of two
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagasabala
verb talk (someone) into (something)
bookmarkhagasoesoe saele
adjective to walk about without greeting others
bookmarkhagausiusi de me
a sky covered with rain clouds
bookmarkhai be se manu
promiscuous (especially if indiscreetor known to have sexual relations with one’s own relatives)
bookmarkhasi made
verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted
bookmarkhesuisuihagi
verb repeatedly hesuihagi
bookmarkhhedu
verb fold up (several folds), roll up
bookmarkhuaalavao
verb a strong wind
bookmarkhulo saele
wander around
bookmarkhusi
taro bag, swamp
bookmarki de -- sogosogo
apiece, each
bookmarkkena
adjective pale; whitish-yellow
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklau de ava
a tuna of large size
bookmarklauali
verb immature leaves
bookmarklehua
verb blurred; covered with ashes
bookmarkllea
adjective
say loudly
llobo
verb to put something in something else
bookmarklodo lanea
adjective large in volume
bookmarkloongia
verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmaakau laa loo dangada
what a shame
bookmarkmaangalo
verb sweet
bookmarkmada giivia
verb dim light
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa hidu
number seventeen
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa ono
number sixteen
bookmarkmahi bodo
adjective easily tired
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
malemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmaua
adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught
bookmarkme hhadu hugadoo
it’s a lie
bookmarkmoaga
noun fishsp.: goatfish
bookmarkmodomodo
mogomogo
verb muscles (of the body)
bookmarkmomme hai lua
a fishing spot (beyond the seaward reef) where either reef or ocean fish canbe found
bookmarkmoomoa-ganoango
noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarkmuna pada
harsh words
bookmarkmuu-madagao
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarknanua
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngae
noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.
bookmarkomada
noun eye region (including eyes, eyelids, eyebrows)
bookmarkpaa age
explode from below
bookmarksabeeloi
verb
wrap up (something) hastily
saelesaele
verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)
bookmarksao de looloa
rectangular (not square),oval
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarksebu
adjective seen on the surface of the sea from time to time
bookmarksii talaa umada
a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarksoe daa dahi
straight as can be
bookmarkssae aalanga
adjective sore in the muscles
bookmarktugilima
noun elbow
bookmarkvvede
to massage
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