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abiabi
verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers
bookmarkagu iho
say to oneself
bookmarkaha ai
what for
bookmarkahangi
noun lagoon
bookmarkau dili dai
an ocean current flowing away from land
bookmarkbaadunga
noun punishment
bookmarkbaguu
adjective fall over (as a felled tree); tip over; lean (in one direction)
bookmarkbani-magevageva
noun fish sp. (rare)
bookmarkbaulia
verb figure out, determine
bookmarkboonei
noun fish sp.: damselfish
bookmarkbulaga-a-leo
noun fish sp.: tang
bookmarkdaa hagapodo
verb
daahili hagadaahao
adjective a song which is for amusement only (one which is not ’serious’, i.e., not religious)
bookmarkdaga ula
verb go lobster catching
bookmarkdanu bela
adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)
bookmarkdanudanu
verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)
bookmarkdao badu
noun ridgepole (upper)
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdatada
verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain
bookmarkdau langi
verb rainy season
bookmarkdau makaga
adjective tightly stretched (not slack)
bookmarkdee sao age
always fail or be defeated
bookmarkdena
that
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell
bookmarkduadae
verb gullible, be a sucker
bookmarkduu gaso
adjective vertical,straight up and down
bookmarkduudagi
verb connect up, join up, continueupon
bookmarkduudua
noun taro plot
bookmarkgadunga
fire-plow
bookmarkgaha
noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained
bookmarkgano dea
the soft wood just under the bark of a tree
bookmarkgidee iho
adjective be aware of oneself
bookmarkgiidada
verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)
bookmarkgiivada
adjective good fortune in the future, as revealed by divination
bookmarkhaadinga haiava
noun bend in a path
bookmarkhaangoda mada aasanga
to fish for labelabe
bookmarkhadi bala
adjective to rely on others for the things one should provide for oneself
bookmarkhaduhadu
verb thick (not watery)
bookmarkhagabala
verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)
bookmarkhagadaalea
verb
hagadiidii
verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)
bookmarkhagadiinonga
verb treat as having supernatural power
bookmarkhagamaasei ange
make smaller (away from one)
bookmarkhagamaimai
verb sweeten
bookmarkhagauu
verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)
bookmarkhai goinga
adjective aggrandizement of one’s land holdings by moving others’ goinga
bookmarkhaiva
noun work,activity,occupation
bookmarkhale o de henua
community meeting house
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhiloa
noun fishsp.
bookmarkhola
verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkhuaahenua
noun community
bookmarkhuuhuu
noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)
bookmarklangi haanau
noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)
bookmarklede
noun penetrating cold
bookmarklilolilo
adjective in a sheltered place
bookmarklongolongo i adamagi
to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)
bookmarklongolongo i leaala
rumor
bookmarkluilui togo
a measurement of land along the shore
luu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmaakau laa loo dangada
what a shame
bookmarkmada tea gee
white as a sheet (of a person)
bookmarkmage
masaova balalangi o lote ngadau
noun rainy season
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmatoloia
a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit
bookmarkme abo donu
real, true
bookmarkmele
verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech
bookmarkmmade aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkmodu mai (adu, ange)
become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession
bookmarkmoni velovelo
noun a canoe with men going spear fishing
bookmarkmouli-o-nono
noun <= malianoono>
bookmarknanumia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarkngudu aahua
islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)
bookmarknooligi
a small knife
bookmarkpuni
adjective
closedup
sigo ina uavesi
don’t forget
bookmarksisi gaadinga
to cut copra
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarksseni
ssigo
clever, a fast learner; catch on to, understand
bookmarktaula (o de me holu)
noun bowstring (string of the bow)
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