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aahulu

verb to leave food cooking overnight

alava

noun fish sp.: shark sp.

alobagi

verb a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll

aloha ina

helpful toward

amu

verb twirl fibers (with ina); fibers for the manufacture of rope or cloth, etc.

anailaa laa

it was today that

baalasi ange

compete hard against (as in team sports)

bagi mada lagolago

machine gun

balagelage

adjective crippled and unable to walk

bibi

noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.

buulou

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

daaligidia

verb to have been moved about by the wind

daelodo gi lunga

a large number of

dagitilo

verb watchful, be on the lookout, keep aneye on

daina

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noun brother, sister, sibling, cousin

dala-hagalulu-madangi

noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)

dalodalo

verb pray

damaa hine

noun girl,young woman,daughter

dangada de henua

noun natives of nukuoro

dangalebu

verb rough or choppy sea condition

dangalebu de me

bad weather

danngaho

noun stomach

daogoli

noun plantsp.: swamptaro(cyrtosperma chamissonis), also the corm of this plant

dau

noun cover for an earth oven

dau age

to beach (a canoe) on land; reach land

dau ama

noun the mast stay tied to the outrigger boom

deai me hagalongolongo

do unhesitatingly

dogaa

adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed

dogonogo

noun tip of the spine (caudalvertebrae)

dua

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noun east

dugu de gubenga

set a gubenga net

ee laa

so

gada-laagau-ngaadai

noun fishsp.

gadigadi

verb have itch

gai de baibu

smoke cigarettes

gai i taiao

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verb have breakfast

galegale

verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)

galo sugi mada

glimpse

gano agau

noun reef (including land thereon)

gauligi suugulu

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noun student

giili

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skin

gili hano

verb separation of the hard interior parts of the tree trunk

gobai

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noun hat

gubu vae

noun foot,ankle

gubuvae

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noun ankle

haangoda de agau

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

haangoda dua agau

fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)

haelu

verb var. of hailu

hagadaahanga

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verb lie (tell untruth)

hagadaga age

improving

hagadai

verb furnish salt to

hagadotodi

verb walk with a limp (temporarily)

hagaduugau

verb to make a handle for (e.g., a knife); to fasten with pegs

hagagalugalua

verb cause to have more and more galu

hagalanea

verb cause to increase in quantity; greedy

hagaloa

verb groove; a path (lengthwise) in the taro bog

hagamaalama

verb brighten,illuminate

hagasoa

verb go with someone; cause to increase innumber

hai de gubenga

to use a gubenga for fishing

hai me galasi

to steal after having sort of asked for

hai me magua

sort of steal

hala dudu

noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)

hanonga

noun trip1, journey

hau manu

noun a garland of flowers, headdress, necklace

henua gee

foreign lands

hhedu

verb fold up (several folds), roll up

hihi mada

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eyebrow

lalo

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preposition under

langa

verb weave

laulau gai

noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast

lie

noun lice eggs

llilo

adjective able to be hooked

lodo lanea

adjective indecisive,confused

lodo llidi

adjective a dandy (always wanting to llidi)

loha

bird species

loha

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noun fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)

luu gili

noun labiaminora

maagila

verb to appear to be barely separated (as islets on the atoll when seen from a distance); parted slightly

mada-umanga

noun the bud of a cyrtosperma taro corm

magi hongagelegele todo

to have bloody stools

maholadage

adjective be holadage

mahole

adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)

malala

noun ashes

malau

adjective free from (esp. hardship or illnessafter having had it)

me naa gi...

I wish that...

momme vaivaia o ssaalenga

noun puddle

moni deledele

noun sailing canoe

ngaage

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noun south

noho

verb settle somewhere; live somewhere

sago

verb tough (like meat); stiff (like a heavy fishing pole)

se mouli dangada

rascal

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noun coins

sii valavala

spray

sobo de laa

rising of the sun

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

tolu-laangi

Wednesday (’third day’)

uhe

wasteful of taro when peeling it

uludino

shed skin (as reptiles do)

unahi

scale (of a fish)

unga

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noun hermit crab