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aalohi modu

noun lagoonward of the islets of the atoll

aasanga

verb a watercourse between islets on the atoll

ala anaboo

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verb stay up all night (sing.)

alaala dangada

noun false labor pains (of a pregnant woman)

angeange laa

the one following the one in question

aoa

verb misshapen fruit

balu daaea

noun fish sp.

basa

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verb speak

bolo

verb make a will (for oneself or others)

boo adu laa

day after tomorrow at night

boo manu

adjective to weed (a garden)

daaia

verb wash clothes completely; scoop upcompletely

damadanga

noun origin, source

de hine ga haibodu

noun bride

dee gamalie

adjective do very attentively

dele de maahaa

daybreak

demeelaa

that one over there

diadia

verb to make a cover for something (e.g., a coconut shell) by plaiting or lashing around it

dii de laa

the shining of the sun

dilo

verb look at (inspect)

dilodilonga

noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance

doloa

noun the name of a name-group

dolu llau

number three hundred

dookalala

stilts; walk on stilts

doolonga

noun a track left by a crawling thing

duunga gima

half of a clam shell

e dee daadaaia

to be in no hurry

gaadinga hai ngadi ubu

coconut with a shell of a size appropriate for use as a cooking vessel

gadagada doo me

laugh at

gammenge-hai-gili-dabeo

noun mollusksp.: thais luteostoma

ganae oo

threadfin fish

gelegele gumi hue

fine-grained sand

gelegele uli

verb black soil

giili

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skin

gumedi

noun bowl (wooden)

gumigumi

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beard

haangoda de boo

a method of fishing (at night, beyond the reef)

hadu-i-de-ssala

noun coralsp.: red organ-pipecoral

haduhadua

verb rocky (full of stones)

hagabibi

verb to cook food in an earth oven for a short time (just to heat it up)

hagadahi

verb a counting system for days, based on the lunar phases

hagadaumee

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noun enemy

hagadiba

verb incline to one side

hagadiingia saele

adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays

hagamaasei mai

make smaller (toward one)

hagamaiana

adjective

hagamalemolemoanga

noun

hagamau

verb to strive to become acquainted with

hagaobe

verb cause to have obe

hagapilo

verb let decay; allow to stink

hai damana

adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)

hai mee magua

sort of steal

hakaa

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verb sharpen

hano ai huu

forever

heboohagi

adjective fight

hemuu

adjective talk to one another

henua

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noun island, land

heohi

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adjective correct; right

hidi de mamu dunu

curling up of fish (when cooked)

hiihidi

verb

hiisoa

noun plantsp.: cassythavine(cassytha filiformis l.)

huugaabungubungu

very plump

ili taalanga

adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk at greatlength

ivi laanui

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backbone

kaa

noun mangrovecrab

kalo

adjective sharp (as a knife); a sharp pointed canoe (designed to ride easily in rough seas)

laangai sahole

noun a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping and biting

labodo-sisi

noun eelsp.: snakeeel

longoaa

adjective <= longaa>

lote

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preposition inside (lodo+de)

maagaga dua

to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back

maamasa

adjective

mada baabaa

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mada duai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madaduai

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noun tool used to grate coconuts

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madagauhala

noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area

madila diadia

noun bindings wound around a fishing pole to give it extra strength

maeva

adjective move from one place to another

mahamaha mai

to appear beautiful (that thing over there) to me (i.e., from where i am)

malenlena

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adjective stretchable

manu-mangamanga

noun starfish

miili aheahe

adjective a version of the game called miili

muna de henua

noun the nukuoro language

ngado

adjective come to the end or limit (of something)

nguua

verb be nguu

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noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage

pigi

adjective be stuck

pungu

adjective plump

saelea

verb walkedupon

sagisagili

verb to say dirty words to someone

sauaa

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noun magic

sausaunga

adjective continually saunga

savali

verb hungry

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

somo

adjective grow, develop; coconutapple

sula

verb arrive

suugulu

verb learn

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

vai doo

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noun waterfall