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aalu

verb intercept; send for

adaada

dawn (first light)

adamai gauligi

verb remember childhood experiences

adudai

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

baabaa ama

verb to steer a canoe to its outrigger side (opp. of baabaa gadea)

bae mamu

noun fish weir

be hia

how many (according to someone)

bogi

verb to plant taro slips

buu

noun bladder, balloon, ball; the head of the octopus; a net on a long handle; a conch shell trumpet; or any other round, hollow, inflatable object

buubuu

verb divination

daasissisi

verb striped (with stripes)

dagosala

verb death, die (of a person)

dama iai

noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy

dau soa

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boyfriend, girlfriend, unmarried couple

dee masae de leo

lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)

dee vasu

fearless (socially); inconsiderate

dele

verb move from one place to another; to sail (a canoe); be transmitted; slipout of one’s hands (e.g., a line on which a big fish has been caught)

diibuli

noun a doll representing a spirit

dili de lima

to swing one’s arms (when walking)

doo i de...

expulsion or voluntary withdrawal(from a group)

dugu

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verb put

duu mmea

sea cucumber species

gai ngaadahi

adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population

galo de laa

the reddish sky at sunset

gili maalama

verb light-skinned

goehau

noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)

goo

adjective a sound made to indicate one’s presence (in response to being called from afar); an owl-like hoot (of birds)

gubenga

verb a large net for fishing

gubu dolo

noun a joint of the sugarcane

haangoda de agau

noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)

hagaaoa

verb to have purposely stayed up until daybreak

hagabuua

verb crowd away from

hagadalea

verb make someone tired ; punish

hagadamana

verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative

hagadau tugi

adjective punch each other

hagahula

the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth

hagalau

verb make a total of one hundred

hagao ngaohie

adjective inexpensive

hagaola

verb save from

hagapago donu

adjective fortunate result

hagatugu tai

ebbing of tide

hai be se manu

promiscuous (especially if indiscreetor known to have sexual relations with one’s own relatives)

hai ganabu

verb the stage in the development of a coconut tree in which ganabu begins to develop

hai hua laa

do indifferently

hai me mulegi

to showoff (esp. in front of members of the opposite sex)

hai soa

friendship

hai sogosogo

adjective masturbate oneself

hakaau unuunu

verb to cause an infant to feed at the breast

hakaligali

verb grooved

hale pono

noun prison, jail

hano

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verb go

hano mouli

verb disappear alive, especially into another world

hanonga

noun trip1, journey

hela

verb spread one’s legs (esp. a woman in the act of sexual intercourse)

hili

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verb choose

holomanga

noun throat

hua-laagau

noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)

huaa henua

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noun community

ila

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

ilihia ssave

the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)

ise ngaio

noun needlefish

laaningi

noun sleeveless shirt

laso

the posterior portion of the hermit crab

lau ngago

noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal

leia togo mouli

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hiccup (hiccough)

lilo bule

adjective covered up completely

lima

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loage

adjective go (up or toward the village, or land)

maaheahe

adjective decreasing

maamaa

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verb chew

madaligi

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noun January; small dipper

mago de me

a worsening condition of the weather

mahanahanasia

verb warmed up

malali de biho

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adjective bald

malili de biho

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adjective balding

malino

adjective calm (weather), still (wind)

malumalu-tangohi

adjective the light after sunset; twilight (in the evening)

manu-hai-hagahoa

noun millipede

manu-mmala

noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)

masi

verb to scrape or peel breadfruit when thebreadfruit is ripe

me dili uda

noun an ocean current which comes towards the atoll

me maaguluaa

noun dislocated joint (of the body)

milo

noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)

muli mai loo

much later

ngadi ubu

noun an empty coconut shell used as a container

ngalo

verb forget

ngalue mai

decrease

ngavesi haangoda

fishing tackle box

odaau

pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)

oso

verb smell (something) by sniffing,kiss(polynesian style)

saabai moni doo

carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)

saali

noun a type of rope (used for climbing breadfruit trees)

sago

verb tough (like meat); stiff (like a heavy fishing pole)

seedaa

noun october

sigo de muna

remember what one has heard

sila

verb look for

singa gee

lean away from

soosoa

noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)

tao tangada

to immerse a person in medication

togo lua

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