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abiabi

verb pull up slowly or gently with one’s fingers

agu iho

say to oneself

aha ai

what for

ahangi

noun lagoon

au dili dai

an ocean current flowing away from land

baadunga

noun punishment

baguu

adjective fall over (as a felled tree); tip over; lean (in one direction)

balaulau

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adjective ugly

bani-magevageva

noun fish sp. (rare)

baulia

verb figure out, determine

boonei

noun fish sp.: damselfish

bulaga-a-leo

noun fish sp.: tang

daa hagapodo

verb

daahili hagadaahao

adjective a song which is for amusement only (one which is not ’serious’, i.e., not religious)

daga ula

verb go lobster catching

dalinga

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ear

danu bela

adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)

danudanu

verb to bury a great many, to keep going down (so that it becomes hidden from view)

dao badu

noun ridgepole (upper)

daodao

noun fishsp.: wahoo

datada

verb to jerk repeatedly; an intermittent sharp pain

dau langi

verb rainy season

dau makaga

adjective tightly stretched (not slack)

dee sao age

always fail or be defeated

dena

that

dogadogaa

adjective having a tendency to be dogaa

dogi hakolona

noun adze with a curved blade of the Terebra shell

duadae

verb gullible, be a sucker

duu gaso

adjective vertical,straight up and down

duudagi

verb connect up, join up, continueupon

duudua

noun taro plot

gaangidi

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noun mango

gadunga

fire-plow

gaga

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noun dry brown husk from the branches of the coconut palm

gaha

noun the portion of the coconut husk from which long fibers are obtained

gano dea

the soft wood just under the bark of a tree

gauanga

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noun thigh

gidee iho

adjective be aware of oneself

giidada

verb misfortune which will occur in the future (as ascertained through divination)

giivada

adjective good fortune in the future, as revealed by divination

haadinga haiava

noun bend in a path

haangoda mada aasanga

to fish for labelabe

hadi bala

adjective to rely on others for the things one should provide for oneself

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagabala

verb allow to become soft; prostrate oneself (esp. to hide)

hagadaalea

verb ; tiresome

hagadiidii

verb help to urinate (e.g., by taking a baby outside)

hagadiinonga

verb treat as having supernatural power

hagamaasei ange

make smaller (away from one)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagapuni

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verb plus, add

hagauu

verb suckle,nurse (feed milk)

hai goinga

adjective aggrandizement of one’s land holdings by moving others’ goinga

haiva

noun work,activity,occupation

hale o de henua

community meeting house

hiehie

noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)

hiloa

noun fishsp.

hola

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

hua ligi

adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)

huaahenua

noun community

huuhuu

noun fishsp.: parrotfish (the native term is applied to many spp.)

langi haanau

noun certain kind of rain (omen of impending childbirth)

lede

noun penetrating cold

leva

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noun river

lilolilo

adjective in a sheltered place

llanga

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verb weave

longoduli

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adjective deaf

longolongo i adamagi

to pick up information by asking others, who have lied (so that one’s information is false)

longolongo i leaala

rumor

luilui togo

a measurement of land along the shore using a punt pole

luu duu de maduu

social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society

maakau laa loo dangada

what a shame

mada tea gee

white as a sheet (of a person)

mage

masaova balalangi o lote ngadau

noun rainy season

masolesole

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adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

massogosogo

verb go or do by oneself; a one-man canoe

matoloia

a type of prepared food made from dried breadfruit

me abo donu

real, true

mele

verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech

mmade aalanga

adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)

modu mai (adu, ange)

become one’s (your, their) exclusivepossession

moni velovelo

noun a canoe with men going spear fishing

mouli-o-nono

noun <= malianoono>

muli tuuele danuaa

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good afternoon

nanumia

verb the object of a complaint

ngudu aahua

islet shore (except that facing the lagoon)

nooligi

a small knife

obea

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verb to have an eye (of a taro corm)

puni

adjective closedup , be together (three or more things)

sigo

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verb catch

sigo ina uavesi

don’t forget

sisi gaadinga

to cut copra

ssala

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verb find

ssali dodo

verb bleed

sseni

verb sleep (pl.)

Example: Gilaadeu nogo sseni anaboo. (They slept all night.)

ssigo

clever, a fast learner; catch on to, understand

taula (o de me holu)

noun bowstring (string of the bow)

tea

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adjective white

vaii

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noun water