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adu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkagilau gee
extremely pugnacious
bookmarkalili
noun mollusk sp.: turbo argyrostoma
bookmarkanaa naa
these (there) only
bookmarkbapaba
adjective flutter against (as a hooked fish)
bookmarkbenu
noun a pandanus plug after it has been chewed; seed of the pandanus
bookmarkbiibii
adjective ejaculate repeatedly
bookmarkbubu sala
adjective move unskillfully
bookmarkbulabula
adjective testicles; look here and there; to have a lot of spots; twinkling (of many stars or phosphorescent insects, etc.)
bookmarkbuulou
verb cover up (by wrapping up with one layer); to catch by scooping up (e.g., with a net or basket)
bookmarkdaahili hagadaahao
adjective a song which is for amusement only (one which is not ’serious’, i.e., not religious)
bookmarkdama muli bee
noun the twelfth child born to a couple
bookmarkdangada de henua
noun natives of nukuoro
bookmarkdangau-sissisi
noun
dange
noun mollusksp.: giantclam (tridacnasquammosa)
bookmarkdao badu
noun ridgepole (upper)
bookmarkdaodao
noun fishsp.: wahoo
bookmarkdaohi age
donate,contribute
bookmarkdee kai laa dangada
so, it’s not so after all (just as we believed at first); no wonder
bookmarkdiba
noun portion, share, part, fraction
bookmarkdiihagaai
noun the eighth child of a couple
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdili uda
adjective an ocean current which comes towards the shore (and carries in driftwood, etc.)
bookmarkdilodilonga
noun the manner in which one looks at one’s reflection or appearance
bookmarkdolodolo o de ava
noun <= luu dolodolo>
bookmarkdoo dai
appearing from lagoonward; to come from lagoonward; wind direction from the west
bookmarkdooa
verb planted
bookmarkduu galeve
adjective to collect the sap of a coconut tree (from its inflorescence)
bookmarkgai mamu dua nnui
to eat fish up (not saving any for later)
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkganae
mullet
bookmarkgango
adjective burned (overcooked food)
bookmarkgasigi
noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)
bookmarkgede hangaabo
noun
a type of basket
gidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkhagadibadiba de lima
hagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagaholau
verb banish from the island (in a canoe with no paddle or food)
bookmarkhagaloosi
verb guard, watch, keep an eye on
bookmarkhagamabu age
return to land from sea (esp. of birds)
bookmarkhagamanida
verb lift (something) up
bookmarkhagapago sala
adjective unfortunate result
bookmarkhagassoga
verb
hagassui, hang gainga, hagamamane
urinate (piss)
bookmarkhagasula tangada
adjective successfully promote the candidacy ofsomeone (or elect or appoint him) to acoveted position
bookmarkhagatala senga
adjective foolishly rough playing or joking
bookmarkhagaulu
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkhai aabi
having many rooms or sections
bookmarkhai kai
adjective show-off, proud
bookmarkhala langa goobai
noun a form for plaiting hats
bookmarkhale denga manu
noun hive (house for animals)
bookmarkhanu me
secret friend of the opposite sex
bookmarkhologemo
adjective
hoohoa
verb
i dahi me
each, apiece
bookmarki mua nei
beforehand
bookmarkkalo gee
strabismus (esp. the form in which one eye is turned outward from the nose); cross-eyed
bookmarkkano siabo
noun the meat on the side of the fish’s head
bookmarklangadala tohi
noun
a dead coconut leaf torn by the wind
laosedi
noun seawater
bookmarkllimu
noun a small honu
bookmarklollolo
verb oily
bookmarklugulugu
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmaadau daabasi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmada gelegele
noun male child
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa hidu
number seventeen
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama
time noun november (’eleventh month’)
bookmarkmadaladala
adjective easily unfastened or untied
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmagi dabeo
menstruation
bookmarkmahola
adjective to have been hola; plentiful (of food)
bookmarkme boogia e de eidu
a black spot on the skin (like a bruise) noticed after sleeping
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mudumudu-dua-beau
damselfish
bookmarkmuna pada
harsh words
bookmarknguu
squid
bookmarkniho
noun tooth, teeth
bookmarknngaoa
verb noisy (a loud, individually perceived, noise)
bookmarknonu
noun plantsp.: tree sp. (the archaic name of bugaliaa)
bookmarkono
barracuda
bookmarkpilo bopobo
adjective musty smell
bookmarksalulu
adjective the noise of an explosion or loud report (as when two things collide)
bookmarksili gee
standout from (others in a group) indistance or height
bookmarkssea
noun chair
bookmarkssoi
to foretell a death by words or actions (which cause death)
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