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aamia

verb sufficient for the purpose or need

abo donu

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good (not evil or false); real; true; well (not sick); considerate; kind; generous

aboabo

adjective become accustomed to

adudai

noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)

agoago

verb learning, teaching

aho

noun fishing line of the sort used for adu fishing

baasi e haa o de langi

the four quadrants of the sky

baba age

be decided about

bagi

noun gun or any other weapon of similar nature

daagelo

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noun February

daanunga

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noun grave

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

daasugi

verb struggle to get free; jerking of the tail

dae

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noun hand net

dagoobala

verb fall on something and smash it

daina haahine

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noun sisters

dango

noun cat’s-eye (of a shell); operculum of a gastropod

danu de laa

the setting of the sun

danuaa ange

goodfor, better than

denei laa ()

this is that (is this that)

diidegaehala

noun the sixth child of a couple

ditidi

adjective to skim across the surface of land or water

dogoduli

adjective crouch on all fours

dugu dagidahi

verb place (or leave off) one at a time

dui mamu

noun a string of fish

duu de umada

noun a rainbow appearing in the sky

duu munimuni

hide and seek (game)

duu-baeao

noun fishsp.: filefish

elaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

elaaelaa

adjective a sound indicating surprise

gaadinga gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga

gaba de ahiahi

early evening, late in the afternoon.

gabe

gouge out

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gadinibidi

a type of fishook made from pearl shell

ganimago

noun mollusksp.: malea pomum

geesaa

noun mollusksp.: fimbria soverbii

geu

verb shake one’s head (once) to one side

gogo dua

adjective bent backwards

goloa duu biho

barber’s tools

goloa o de hine

female genitalia

guao

noun the hard sap of a non-native tree which is occasionally washed up on shore

haa

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number four

hagaai

adjective be in a serious situation

hagabasa

verb cause someone to speak; convince

hagabuni de henua

to call an all-island meeting

hagadubu gi se --

verb transfigure into a --

hagadubu manu baabaa

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagaduuhuli

verb to create duuhuli

hagaeidu

verb treat as an eidu

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagaida de gauvae

to bare one’s teeth (by opening the lips to expose the whole set of teeth)

hagamade

verb do as hard or fast as possible

hagavogi

verb a whistle (made with the lips)

hai ange

do to; do for, fix; say to

haigamaiana

adjective effective,useful,worthwhile,important

hainoo

verb permitted,open to the public,secular

hale o denga manu

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noun hive (house for animals)

haonga

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noun hole

hoda

verb carve out, drill out; eat out the insides of (as does a rat)

hua ai

be inchargeof

huga

noun fine threads or strands

hulo gi lunga ma lalo

argue heatedly,fight

humai

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verb come

ila

verb a mole (not raised) , or other permanent black spot on the skin

kivi

adjective skinny (people, animals)

kona iho

adjective be too much for one

laagau

noun wood,stick (of wood)

laangi dabeo

verb a day which is rainy and stormy

labua gee lodo

to have an upset stomach (being on the point of nausea)

lauasaasa

verb skinny

lavalava

noun wrap skirt; sarong

lehu

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noun lime

lilo

adjective disappear, vanish; sheltered(from the elements)

limilimi

noun coralsp.: brain coral

loadu

adjective go (toward the hearer)

madaanga hulu maa hidu

number seventeen

madala

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verb be unfastened; be untied; bloomed

maimai mai

become maimai

manu-de-boo

noun centipede

me hagasengasenga

riddle, parable

me holu

noun bow

mee hai ada

camera

milo

verb twist, turn (something, as a faucet),wind, wring

modu mai (adu, ange)

become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession

muli mai ange

a little later, by and by

musumusu

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verb whisper

nau

noun plantsp. (the archaic name of manu-gaba-aasanga)

noho ai

occupy or live in (a place)

nuinui

noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

saava

verb skinny,thin (lacking in flesh)

sabiningaa lau

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noun rolls of softened pandanus leaf

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sai moni

a fleet of canoes

se aha

what is it

se aha goe

you’re a nobody

seesee

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verb walk

teve de gili

gooseflesh

tinana odogu bodu

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noun mother-in-law

tolo i nui

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noun coconut seed

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