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aalo lo te moana
a disturbance (local) of air
bookmarkabadai
european
ade
noun liver
bookmarkalaa huu
those (there) only are the ones
bookmarkbae
verb an arrangement of rocks to make a retaining wall or pier, etc.; push aside (in all directions)
bookmarkbangabanga mai
become skinny, become shrunken
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkbuusagi
verb an eddy caused by a current
bookmarkdaa age
go toward land (from the lagoon)
bookmarkdangada dau duadae
a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)
bookmarkdanu de bela
spade up taro plots, adding mulch
bookmarkdanuaa loo
ok (good)
bookmarkdaula
verb rope (heavy); anchored (of ship)
bookmarkde hine hagahaanau
midwife
bookmarkdiha
verb move something by using a lever (esp. a pole) on a fulcrum; contradict
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdoli age
adjective obtain the smallest first
bookmarkdua duiagi
noun fishingline of the largest size (on which a whole belubelu is used as bait)
bookmarkdua nnui
adjective violence; a type of rope (thick, with thick strands)
bookmarkduga de gumigumi
verb allow one’s beard to grow
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu galeve
adjective to collect the sap of a coconut tree (from its inflorescence)
bookmarkduu inai
type of mat (a half inai)
bookmarkduu podo
adjective do something at short intervals; often,frequently
bookmarkduugiva
adjective rough texture, of a plaited object such as a mat
bookmarkgano siga
noun strands (of cloth)
bookmarkgelegele malama
noun sand with disk-like particles
bookmarkgolo age
continually golo voluntarily
bookmarkgolo me
adjective unforgiving
bookmarkgu gide huu
spoiled (having acquired a bad habit)
bookmarkhagaaoa
verb cause to bear misshapen fruit(e.g., by not picking in bunches)
bookmarkhagabiigia
verb to make sticky
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagadotodi
verb walk with a limp (temporarily)
bookmarkhagadubu hue vini
the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagaduugau
verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs
bookmarkhagahoohoo
verb to scare fish, etc.
bookmarkhagalanu
verb rinse off salt from the body (with freshwater)
bookmarkhagatevea
verb <= hagatevelia>
bookmarkhai
verb do
bookmarkhai me
industrious
bookmarkhale o de henua
community meeting house
bookmarkhasi
verb to cut off a taro corm from its stalk
bookmarkhenga
noun the name of a name-group
bookmarkhhagi de baa galele
jerking of a fishing lure to attract fish; a method of extracting a lure from the fish’s mouth
bookmarkhhanga dalogo
adjective to make dalogo
bookmarkhili gee
sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)
bookmarkhuaahuu
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)
bookmarkhuaamee mugamuga
i mua nei
beforehand
bookmarkkano avaavaa
adjective porous
bookmarkkona
adjective very, too much
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklaussoe
adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)
bookmarklele age
regain consciousness; epilepsy; surfacing (of flying fish)
bookmarklele mouli
adjective
surprised
luu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmaanu
adjective to float in place (not drifting) on the surface of the water (with no anchor)
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa ono
number sixteen
bookmarkmadohi iho
adjective to reach halfway down
bookmarkmagini
a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmalau age
free of hardship (after having had it)
bookmarkmalo aahine
noun dress
bookmarkmalogahu
noun collared shirt
bookmarkmalumalu de me
cloudy day (not bright)
bookmarkmanu noodagi
noun a plant which has been noodagi
bookmarkmasalaba
adjective clear (not opaque or blurred); shiny (translucent)
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkmassogosogolia
verb to have been by oneself
bookmarkmoa-a-daila
noun birdsp. (= large moa)
bookmarkmoea
verb a person who is able to catch many flying fish (because the fish seem not to awaken at his approach)
bookmarkmosongenge
noun a name children tease each other with
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarknnamu hagaduugia
adjective stench
bookmarknoho senga (adu)
adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)
bookmarkoohia
verb (for a canoe) to be able to navigate on the reef (i.e., the tide not being so low that it is too shallow)
bookmarksagea
verb to do something without regard for others (because one is excited)
bookmarkse me be hee
extraordinary or unusual (esp. in size)
bookmarkseleia
verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish
bookmarksisi galisi
verb striped (with thin lines)
bookmarksobaga
fish sp. tang
bookmarktalinga
noun ear
bookmarktangada dee doo gi de me
uncouth person
bookmarktao o de me holu
noun arrow
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