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aahu
adjective the intense pain resulting from having one’s skin punctured by a poisonous fish
bookmarkadiadi
verb relate repeatedly
bookmarkadugau
verb arrangement of things into a straight row
bookmarkalahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkamu
verb twirl fibers (with ina); fibers for the manufacture of rope or cloth, etc.
bookmarkanaa ai laa
those then were those
bookmarkbalapigi
verb drenched
bookmarkbau ange
capable of, be the equal of
bookmarkbigobigo
adjective bent up (having several bends)
bookmarkboi
adjective
abnormal
bouli
adjective darkness (of or pertaining to)
bookmarkbua leu
noun ovaries and fallopian tubes
bookmarkbula de ganomada
get mad
bookmarkdaa hagapodo
verb
dagabe
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarkdagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdalodalo
verb pray
bookmarkdanngaho
noun stomach
bookmarkdao hagamaadau
noun a spear with a barb
bookmarkdaogili
noun
dau makaga
adjective tightly stretched (not slack)
bookmarkdenga meelaa
those ones over there (plural)
bookmarkdogaa
adjective bashful, ashamed, shy, embarrassed
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgai baalau
verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)
bookmarkgainga
verb trash, garbage; braided dead coconutfronds used in buttressing the sides of uinga
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
gelegele dea
verb sand
bookmarkguduaanga
noun abounding in lice
bookmarkhaau unuunu
verb breast-feed
bookmarkhagaamuli
verb treat as junior
bookmarkhagabasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkhagabuni de henua
to call an all-island meeting
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadali
verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)
bookmarkhagaduu me
miserly
bookmarkhagaduuhuli
verb to create duuhuli
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hagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrespectful way
bookmarkhagaoanga gi lunga
good wages; a good price
bookmarkhagaoda tugi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and grated coconut)
bookmarkhagapuunia
verb add up (many things)
bookmarkhai ngaohie
adjective easy
bookmarkhedangisi
adjective to make noise by scraping things together (e.g., the grinding sound of jaws)
bookmarkhegai
adjective eat ravenously
bookmarkhhoa de biho
fool (someone)
bookmarkhhoda
gasp for breath
bookmarkhine sala daane
noun nymphomaniac
bookmarkhoa lalo
noun anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone
bookmarkhou
verb drill (native bow drill)
bookmarkhua o tangada
outcome (of individual effort)
bookmarkkai laanui
adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro
bookmarklau makaga
verb stiff
bookmarklau ngago
noun the fatty tissue of a fish or animal
bookmarklauasaasa
verb skinny
bookmarkllou
verb hang down or bent down (of branches, palm fronds, or fishing poles)
bookmarkmada madangi
adjective able to point (into the wind) well (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkmagau baubau
die in agony (owing to having led a bad life)
bookmarkmahola gimoo
adjective to have many dead animals (or fish) lying about
bookmarkmamu-duagaa
noun fishsp.: stingray
bookmarkmanavanava
adjective breathing
bookmarkmanu-de-bua
noun birdsp.: sacredkingfisher (halcyon sancta) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
bookmarkmassogosogo
verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe
bookmarkmau goloa
rich in material possessions
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
bookmarkme hagasengasenga
riddle, parable
bookmarkme vae
noun shoes,slippers
bookmarkmoa
noun the blossom of the banana tree
bookmarkmodu sogosogo
adjective separated from others, and by itself
bookmarkmomo dai sii
a very very little (in quantity)
bookmarkngago
egg
bookmarknoho donu
adjective properly situated or loaded (of a canoe)
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarknooligi
a small knife
bookmarkodaau
pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkseleia
verb to cut one’s hand by a hand-held fish line, when it is taken by a fish
bookmarksenga manu
stupid (like an animal)
bookmarksiilinga a muna
trial or formal inquiry
bookmarktilo buna
noun young coconut tree (bearing no fruit or its first fruit)
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkuhe
wasteful of taro when peeling it
bookmarkvaaligi
adjective small (for plural noun)
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