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ahi malo
noun mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkalodahi hugadoo
everything, everybody; each and every
bookmarkanumanga
noun dancing party
bookmarkbaba iho
adjective recently settled
bookmarkbadabaatai
adjective
bangoa
adjective slow down, be exhausted (physically), feel unenergetic
bookmarkbeabeau
verb choppy seas
bookmarkbibi
noun mollusk sp.: cyclotinella remies, also tellinidae spp.
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daasugi
verb struggle to get free; jerking of the tail
bookmarkdagodo daudahi
adjective having the same characteristics, be alike
bookmarkdala malo
adjective change clothes
bookmarkdama iai
noun a person who has done somethingpraiseworthy
bookmarkdamaa me
adjective
small
damaa tili
adjective sharpshooter
bookmarkdanu bela
adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)
bookmarkdau age
to beach (a canoe) on land; reach land
bookmarkdau masa
noun the season during which tides are lowest
bookmarkdaumaha daamada
noun the morning prayer service (before the major church service)
bookmarkdenaa naa loo
that seems to be it; that could be it
bookmarkdenei nei ()
this is it (is this it)
bookmarkdili dagidahi age
release one at a time or intermittently or sporadically
bookmarkdolodolo manu ligi
the physical sensation (like bugs crawling on one) after one’s leg, etc., has been asleep
bookmarkdubuna aahine
noun grandmothers
bookmarkdugu de uinga
to lay down a new cover of palm frondson uinga
bookmarkdunu madamada
verb rare (not cooked thoroughly)
bookmarkduu-lellele
noun apodousseacucumber
bookmarkgaadu
verb give (colloquial)
bookmarkgadi
verb bite
bookmarkgaini
noun any lattice-like arrangement
bookmarkgammenge-maimai
noun mollusksp.: vasum turbinellus
bookmarkganaudogo
noun
an abundance of fish, birds, or otheranimals which are good to eat
gelu-agau
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkgiado madua
noun main outrigger booms
bookmarkgili dabeo
verb a fungus infection of the skin, ringworm
bookmarkguani
noun a type of fish trap (with net sides)
bookmarkgubenga
noun large net for fishing
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haangoda de agau
a method of fishing (with a line on the reef)
bookmarkhadi
adjective broken (as a stick), bent up
bookmarkhagaabasasa
verb act like or emulate europeans
bookmarkhagaasoaso
noun spouse
bookmarkhai moumou
verb use wastefully
bookmarkhano laa uda
adjective go on foot
bookmarkheohi ange
suited to,fit (with),appropriate to
bookmarkhhoda age
suck in air (esp. when asleep orunconscious)
bookmarkhidi
verb
to topple over
hilihili
verb choose carefully from among many,election
bookmarkhinangalosaa iho
adjective self-pity
bookmarkhine huuhua
noun pregnant woman
bookmarkhonga de masavaa
at the time of
bookmarkhonu baabaa
adjective fill to the brim
bookmarkhulu
adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)
bookmarkhuubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkiga
noun fish (archaic, except in compounds)
bookmarkkini
noun plantsp.: treesp.: terminaliatree (terminalia samoensis rech.)
bookmarklaussoe
adjective having straight hair (not kinky or wavy)
bookmarklengi
adjective bloated, inflated, swollen up, bulging
bookmarklii
noun birdsp. (seen only over the ocean)
bookmarkliiliagi daudahi
be of the same status
bookmarklimasisi
noun pinky finger
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmaahaa
adjective daybreak
bookmarkmadau-dalinga
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmaga ahi
noun glowing embers (without a flame)
bookmarkmagini
a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmalibilibia
adjective sharp (esp. something which causes sharp pain like a whip)
bookmarkmavaevae
adjective scattered
bookmarkme hai dago
ritual acts,religious acts
bookmarkme mmala
noun bile
bookmarkmmade aalanga
adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)
bookmarkmui
verb gathered around (something)
bookmarknaba i de muna
converse earnestly
bookmarknanulia
verb the object of a complaint
bookmarknao gasi
verb eat messily (by poking at all of thefood instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarksaba
verb capable (of a person)
bookmarksau makaga
adjective blow steadily (of wind)
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarkseni
adjective sleep
bookmarksii
adjective a stream or jet of water; dysentery
bookmarksili iho
adjective have just stopped; calmdown (of a person)
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarkssongo
stink
bookmarktulungaahi
noun hearth, cooking pit/fire
bookmarkvasu
timid, shy
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