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aamanu
verb coral (growing live on the reef); coralhead
bookmarkade
noun liver
bookmarkanaa ai loo
those then are
bookmarkanailaa laa
it was today that
bookmarkanei loo
these (here) are the ones
bookmarkbauanga
noun worth, value
bookmarkbiho o de agoago
topic of a sermon
bookmarkbolo
verb make a will (for oneself or others)
bookmarkbonga
adjective bent, curved, defective (of fruit)
bookmarkbulibuli
verb grab up one thing after another
bookmarkdaa gaiaa
verb to murder someone so that others don’t see
bookmarkdaa hagabodobodo
verb make a quick trip
bookmarkdaaea
noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)
bookmarkdaane dee lahilahia
noun a very special one (rarely seen)
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdagi
verb lead, show the way, leader (of a group); extend to
bookmarkdama daohi
noun an adopted child
bookmarkdao hagamaadau
noun a spear with a barb
bookmarkdelaa loo
that was it
bookmarkdele de longo
spread news or rumors
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdoloinui
adjective
a hard lump inside a female’s stomach
duugunga o de henua
customs of the island (nukuoro)
bookmarkea gi lunga
to ride high in the water (e.g., of a canoe)
bookmarkege age
raise up (something) from its previous trajectory
bookmarkgaime
verb eat (intransitive)
bookmarkgavaausu
noun plantsp.: treesp.: barringtoniatree (barringtonia asiatica (l.) kurz)
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgoede
noun octopus
bookmarkhadi bodo
adjective breaking of waves at short intervals
bookmarkhadu mada
noun eyeball
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagahoa
noun a boil on the body
bookmarkhagamogomogo
take special care of, cherish
bookmarkhagaseguli
verb make a total of one hundred thousand
bookmarkhagausi age
appearance of rain clouds on the horizon
bookmarkhagausi mai
the appearance of rain clouds
bookmarkhagausiusi
verb becoming darker (of sky or clouds)
bookmarkhai dagelo
adjective deep-bottomed
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhale denga manu
noun hive (house for animals)
bookmarkhano ai huu
forever
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkholasa
noun
a type of mat
hua bugaliaa
hua-laagau
noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishing pole
bookmarkhuda
noun
i hee ai goe
you lose
bookmarkimu-mea
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkinai
noun a type of mat
bookmarkio alo
noun lower io, q.v.
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarkkii gee
move away from
bookmarkllama
verb fish for flying fish (at night)
bookmarklollolo
oily
bookmarkluei
verb spit out (esp. food)
bookmarkluu au
pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaalie ange
a little later
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmagau i togaa
die of shame
magi iviivi
adjective any illness characterized by wasting of the body (esp. t.b.), consumption
bookmarkmagi sali usu
headcold,runny nose
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmanuhi
adjective hemorrhage
bookmarkmasagi
a dance (an ancient type)
bookmarkmasavaa alodahi
noun always
bookmarkmasole ange
barely scratched
bookmarkmassogosogolia
verb to have been by oneself
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkme pasa
noun radio
bookmarkmoso
noun birdsp.: starling (apolonis opacus)
bookmarknebua
verb be nebu
bookmarkngaue age
increase (in rank or price, etc.)
bookmarkniigoi
verb wind around (of a rope, etc.)
bookmarkohuohu
verb having many ohu
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmark
pigi
adjective be stuck
bookmarkpogo
verb crumpled up
bookmarksaalingaa nui
noun the rainwater which flows down a bent coconut tree (collected for drinking)
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarksingano
the flower of a pandanus tree
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
bookmarktangada dee doo gi de me
uncouth person
bookmarkuaua nnui
noun larger blood vessels
bookmarkvasu ai
like it
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