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adi
verb relate news or gossip
bookmarkalasala
adjective vicious
bookmarkama
noun outrigger float
bookmarkanataiao
this morning
bookmarkanei huu
these (here) only are the ones
bookmarkanei maa
these were about (approximately)
bookmarkbudu
noun the appearance of many fish (or birds, or animals which are good to eat) after a death
bookmarkdaane mada duulanga
noun a person able to do things others cannot
bookmarkdaavalo
adjective make a great deal of noise (vocal)
bookmarkdaemaha
adjective heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagodo gee (ma)
another thing altogether;different (from); recuperating (after an illness)
bookmarkdahidonga
noun grandfather
bookmarkdanea
verb to have dane
bookmarkdanedanea
verb be covered with dane
bookmarkdau mamu
verb the season in which fish are abundant
bookmarkdaumaha laanui
noun the main sunday religious observance in the church
bookmarkdoopeva
noun trick, prank
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of the island (nukuoro)
bookmarkduumaa de gelegele
numeral trillion (a million million)
bookmarke lodo goe
watchout
bookmarkedee maua
impossible
bookmarkgalo
verb stir
bookmarkgammenge-gabe-de-liidogi
noun mollusksp.: murexshell
bookmarkgannui mada makaga
gannui which is firm
bookmarkgaso
roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)
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gavia
noun crazy person; insane person
bookmarkgelu-agau
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkgugu
adjective to have the capacity (or size or strength) for; suited to
bookmarkgulunieli
noun plantsp.
bookmarkhaa-malama
time noun
april
haalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhagaagoago
verb cause taro to be fibrous (e.g., by theplanting method employed)
bookmarkhagaao
verb intend to stay up until daybreak
bookmarkhagabalabala
verb make loose; make soft; be a defeatist
bookmarkhagadaaganga
noun kind1 (of), sort (of), variety (of)
bookmarkhagadaane
verb to act like a human
bookmarkhagaduu ngae
adjective earnestly; to the limits of one’s capacity; struggle (e.g., to complete work)
bookmarkhagaganimua
verb to treat as an eldest child
bookmarkhagamaa
verb to treat (someone) as maa2
bookmarkhagangadi me
verb treat as unimportant; to sacrifice (not thinking of oneself)
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work
bookmarkhai de eidu
one of two children’s games
hai de hilihili
verb hold an election
bookmarkhainga soe
noun a just law
bookmarkhakaunuunu
verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)
bookmarkhallaba
noun the base of a palm frond spine; rifle
bookmarkhano de leebunga
run (of a color); fade (of a color)
bookmarkhhango
verb wakeup (someone)
bookmarkholau
canoe house
bookmarkhulo saele
adjective wander around
bookmarkhuluhulu-manenga
time noun the tenth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it" (= the person who becomes "it")
bookmarkkangi de maanadu
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklava ai donu huu
forget it
bookmarklima-laangi
time noun friday (’fifth day’)
bookmarklongolongo iho dalinga
pick up information from others’ conversation
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarkmaanegabo
adjective energetic
bookmarkmaanessala
adjective to mistake something (or someone) forsomething (or someone) else
bookmarkmada agamu
noun the essential design features of tuai
bookmarkmadalua maa valu
number twenty eight
bookmarkmagaahi
noun embers
bookmarkme abadai
European things (gear, etc)
bookmarkmmau
adjective
mastered, memorized, known by heart;
ngaangauda
verb habitually ngauda
bookmarkngago gaagoo
noun chicken egg
bookmarkngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarknngahu
noun fishsp.: damselfish
bookmarkolaa
a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkolonoa
sea cucumber
bookmarkouou
adjective yes yes
bookmarkpaa i daalinga
move in closely (of birds) to daalinga
bookmarkpale age (iho)
steer toward (away from) land
bookmarkpono age de manava
be unable to breathe
bookmarksau aloalo
echo
bookmarkseni
sigi
verb transfer (from one place to another),transplant; a technique of finishing a mat edge; to assist in the delivery of a baby (by manually extracting it from the birth canal); to tack a canoe (by transferring the mast from one end of the canoe to the other)
bookmarktainaahine gauligi
noun younger sister
bookmarktainaahine o dogu dinana
noun maternal aunt
bookmarkteungaalodo
noun middle (of something round); center
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
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