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aagai

adjective continually wanting to eat

abasasa

noun European

adu modu

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noun atoll (group of islets)

ahiahi

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noun evening

aloalo-uli

adjective becoming dark (of fully mature coconut meat)

baa galele

noun fishing lure of pearl shell, used in galele fishing

baalasa

verb ballast for an outrigger

balu

noun fish sp.

beagi

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noun bag

daa mouli

take life away from

daga

verb loosely clinging to a surface (outer orinner); coconutmeat which has formed in the nut with no sap

dagidogoisi

adjective very few for each one

daguu kalo

noun a thin straight-bladed (easily sharpened)axe blade

damana mai i daha

stepfather

danedanea

verb be covered with dane

danudanu

verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)

degi

adjective kind, generous, forgiving

doo ma gu...

fall into the bad habit of; do something which is difficult to rectify

duai lalo vae

noun a type of coconut grater which is placed under the leg

duiduia

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noun thorn

duu de gona

umbilical hernia

gaba de aasanga

a side of the watercourses between islets on the atoll

gage

verb climb; climb up on

galagalani

adjective come close to the end of

ganae

mullet

gangong

noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking

gau dahi

adjective a method of fishing for tuna(angling with a single baited hook)

gea

hawksbill turtle

gili belu

verb dead epidermis (can be peeled withoutpain)

ginigini looloa

noun a game played by children

gohugohu

adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)

haanialo

verb a bracing cross-beam <>

haele sala

spoil (children), bring up (children) badly.

hagabido

verb carrying (two persons), with each person carrying an end

hagadaalea

verb ; tiresome

hagadabena ange

prepare for

hagahenua

verb give land to

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagamaamaanadu

verb keep reminding or keep remembering

hagasabala

verb talk (someone) into (something)

hagasoesoe saele

adjective to walk about without greeting others

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hai

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verb do, make

hai be se manu

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

hai soa

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friendship

hasi made

verb to cut a taro corm from its stalk so far up the stalk that it won’t grow a new corm when it is planted

hesuisuihagi

verb repeatedly hesuihagi

hhedu

verb fold up (several folds), roll up

huaalavao

verb a strong wind

hulo saele

wander around

husi

taro bag, swamp

i de -- sogosogo

apiece, each

kena

adjective pale; whitish-yellow

lagohia

verb wounded

lau de ava

a tuna of large size

lauali

verb immature leaves

lehua

verb blurred; covered with ashes

llea

adjective say loudly

llobo

verb to put something in something else

lodo lanea

adjective large in volume

loongia

verb to lose one’s appetite after eating oily food

maahaa

adjective daybreak

maakau laa loo dangada

what a shame

maalo

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adjective very strong

maangalo

verb sweet

mada giivia

verb dim light

madaanga hulu maa hidu

number seventeen

madaanga hulu maa ono

number sixteen

madaangahulu daalaa buni

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noun ten dollar bill

mahi bodo

adjective easily tired

malemalemo

adjective

malemalemo ~ malemolemo

noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malibi

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fast

maua

adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught

me hai ada

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camera

me hhadu hugadoo

it’s a lie

moaga

noun fishsp.: goatfish

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noun stage between a young green coconut and a mature brown coconut

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mogomogo

verb muscles (of the body)

momme hai lua

a fishing spot (beyond the seaward reef) where either reef or ocean fish canbe found

moomoa-ganoango

noun fishsp.: boxfish (yellow)

muna de henua

noun the nukuoro language

muna pada

harsh words

muu-madagao

noun fishsp.: snapper

nanua

verb the object of a complaint

ngae

noun mollusksp.: giantclam sp.

omada

noun eye region (including eyes, eyelids, eyebrows)

paa age

explode from below

sabeeloi

verb wrap up (something) hastily

saelesaele

verb to wander around continually (from past time to the present)

sao de looloa

rectangular (not square),oval

savasavala

adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy

sebu

adjective seen on the surface of the sea from time to time

sii talaa umada

a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast

sisi gaadinga

adjective to cut copra

soe daa dahi

straight as can be

ssae aalanga

adjective sore in the muscles

tugilima

noun elbow

uliuli

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adjective black

vvede

to massage