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aalu
verb intercept; send for
bookmarkadudai
noun "islands to the west of nukuoro" (the mortlocks)
bookmarkagilau
verb pugnacious
bookmarkalava
noun fish sp.: shark sp.
bookmarkalo-mea
adjective reddish color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkaoao
adjective continuously sufficient
bookmarkbaasi e haa o de langi
the four quadrants of the sky
bookmarkbe aha naa huu
whatever; if ever
bookmarkdaane abo donu
noun gentleman,person who is good
bookmarkdabula
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkdagodo mahamaha
adjective nice,pleasing
bookmarkdagosala
verb death, die (of a person)
bookmarkdanea
verb to have dane
bookmarkdangada gai dangada
cannibal
bookmarkdangii
noun fishsp. (= small valu)
bookmarkdao
verb bake
bookmarkdaudu
noun fishsp.: spinypuffer
bookmarkde hia
which number
bookmarkdelaa naa ()
that there will be it (will that be it)
bookmarkdolo
noun
plantsp.: sugarcane
duudae goede
noun the inky excretion of the octopus
bookmarkgaini
any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgasigi
noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)
bookmarkgidee (laa) goe
see what i mean
bookmarkgili laa
verb suntanned
bookmarkgoloa duu biho
barber’s tools
bookmarkgoloa hagadaahao
noun recreational equipment
bookmarkgoloa o taane
male genitalia
bookmarkgoobai dada
noun umbrella
bookmarkhaa-alaala
time noun the fourth number of a counting game played to determine who is "it"
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhadu hagamogomogo
noun gem
bookmarkhagaalukaba
verb cause to leave quickly, force out
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagadagodo gee ina
change
bookmarkhagadama
verb treat as a child
bookmarkhagadau gavange
adjective compete (between groups)
bookmarkhagadegi
verb praise (god only)
bookmarkhagadili
verb produce offspring
bookmarkhagadilimangali
verb to teach someone to dilimangali
bookmarkhagahale
verb begin to form (of a situation)
bookmarkhagasingano
verb cause to bear singano
bookmarkhai gi de mahi
do or take by force,rape
bookmarkhhedu
verb fold up (several folds), roll up
bookmarkhilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkhusi
noun tarobog, swamp
bookmarkianga
verb the span between the outstretched thumb and the little finger
bookmarkieiange
adjective
iho daahagi
adjective
a calm sea condition, in which the horizon disappears
laangai sahole
noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklalo de langi
beyond the horizon, far away from theatoll
bookmarklaohie
noun drought
bookmarklele biho
adjective dive head first
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information, therefore, is false)
bookmarkluuluu
verb to shake (something) back and forth
bookmarkmaalo age
have become maalo
bookmarkmadaala
adjective able to remain awake for a long time
bookmarkmahaa
adjective broken up, cracked, burst
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot (weather)
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmimi
adjective urinate
bookmarkmmea be se gaagose
redhot (literally)
bookmarkngadi hai bodu
common-law marriage, concubinage
bookmarkngudu lagolago
adjective lie (tell a falsehood)
bookmarknoa
verb tied (as with rope)
bookmarknoho
verb settle somewhere; live somewhere
bookmarknoodanga
noun bundle, knot; a set of 12 differentfishing lures
bookmarkohooho
verb frightened by noise
bookmarkpaa de hatuli
rolling of thunder
bookmarksaganaa iho goe
watchout
bookmarksai moni
noun a fleet of canoes
bookmarksavasavala
adjective becoming interested in; getting to enjoy
bookmarksigi de hagahala
a technique of finishing a mat edge
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksiiviivii
verb a way of singing a child to sleep
bookmarksio
noun waterspout (esp. the air causing it); whirlwind
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarkvaenga o de langi
Milky Way
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