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ago i tua

learn by heart

agoago

verb learning, teaching

aloalo gaadinga

noun the part of a coconut’s meat next to the sap

aoao

verb becoming daylight

au taadaaia

verb don’t rush take it easy

baagia

verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap

baalanga sauaa

noun magnet

basa lilo

adjective speak indirectly (so that the meaning is vague)

bona

noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling

bongaa manu

noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)

bouli gee

an alternative mode of existence (such as the world of ghosts)

buubudu

adjective crowded together closely

buulou

verb cover up (by wrapping up with one layer); to catch by scooping up (e.g., with a net or basket)

daahili daumaha

adjective a church song

daahili lo te gohu

a popular (secular) song

dabagau

noun a type of floor mat

dagodo mahamaha

adjective nice,pleasing

dahi seene

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noun penny

dauhuli (ange)

noun always criticizing (someone) to (his) face

daula de gona

noun a cord between the naval and the genitals

dogaa

adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed

dogodogoisi

adjective becoming fewer and fewer

duu donu

adjective vertical

gabe

verb gouge out

gabigabidia

verb repeatedly held

gadagada doo me

laugh at

gai valaai

adjective take medicine

gaso

noun roof thatch rafters (of pandanus slats)

gau

noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)

gauea

noun birdsp.: white-rumpedswift1 (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)

gauvae

noun jaw; a set of false teeth

gili

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noun skin

goloa abasasa

noun european goods or tools

haangoda de agau

noun a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)

hagaaoaoa

verb cause to have been continuouslysufficient; aid (by giving something); help (with provisions)

hagadahi

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

hagadaina

verb to put someone into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)

hagaulu

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hakaunuunu

verb to nurse (an infant at the breast)

hakki

noun esophagua; trachea

hala dudu

a noise like that of burning pandanus (loud crackling)

hanoo seni

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verb go to sleep

heboohagi mai

found fighting

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hiie unu

verb thirsty, be

hohhoo

adjective a sound made when surprised

hola

verb to spreadout, or layout flat, something which is folded, piled up, or bent, etc.

hoohoa

verb

hulu

noun reactive hostility

ihee

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where

kaianeane

adjective show-off

kii age

move upward; reach a certain age

laangi dabeo

verb a day which is rainy and stormy

laavea

verb stumble on

lahu

verb investigate (to prove one’s suspicions)

lau tulugi

a tuna of the size next largest to lau de ava

laussoe

adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)

lava

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rich

legalega

noun smallness

llahi

adjective thin (pl.)

loadu

adjective go (toward the hearer)

lodo gaiaa

adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

longoiho

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verb feel

maailaba

noun September

maamaalamangia

verb continuously maalamangia

madamada

verb compete (as between individuals); front of

madolidoli

verb of unusual age or size

maga de gau dogi

masturbate (of males only)

magamagalili

adjective frequently magalili

magau baubau

die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)

maili

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adjective fast; early

malili gelegele

adjective producing hard crumbs when eaten orbroken

mamu-lalo-beau

noun fishsp.: wrasse

mangoo-biho-lua

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

massagalala

noun burned (food)

maua

adjective able to,obtained,gotten,caught

mee langa

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noun woven object; the act of weaving

mmea be se gaagose

redhot (literally)

modimodi

adjective walk stealthily in a crouch

modu gee

cut away from; separated from

momme hai lua

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

moomuna

adjective fatty

muli sua hadu

reefward of the storm beach; beach rock

nanulia

verb the object of a complaint

ngole age

use smallest first

odiodi

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adjective long since finished, done or gone; long since, a long time ago

oho boo

adjective to oho while still dark

saga

adjective glide (in the air); to overhang (of something flat)

semada

numeral tens of thousands

sigisigi mai (adu, ange)

say bad things about one to one’s face

sisi galisi

verb striped (with thin lines)

sobalo

noun fishsp.: needlefish

soesoe gulu

a young breadfruit tree

ssae de manava

struggle to breathe

ssogo

grated raw taro which has dried out

taina aahine

noun sister

tamana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandfather

tee langi

noun sky