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aadea

verb clear (easily seen), unobscured

alava

noun fish sp.: shark sp.

anaa ange huu

that much more only

basa hagamalaia

adjective to curse (someone)

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

bela

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noun plot of taro bog; boggy soil

dahi

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number one

dahinga

noun way of shaving

dama adu hale

noun a child who wanders around to the homesof others

damadaane

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noun son

de huu de henua

noun the layer of consolidated sand (without coral rubble) next to the reef base under the island

dii

verb shine (sun)

diinonga

adjective a spirit which is worshipped; bad character (of a person)

doa agalala

very big giant

dohu lodo

adjective full to capacity

dongi de lae

noun a spot on the forehead, worn in ancient religious ceremonies

donu

noun fishsp.: seabass (= small ava)

doo de gai me

miss a meal or meals (leading tonausea when eating is resumed)

doo ngaage

adjective south wind

dooa

verb planted

dungudungu

verb have a good sense of smell

duu-uli

noun sea cucumber species

gaadinga gaha dea

a coconut which is nearly mature; the stage of development of the coconut between modomodo madagii and gaadinga

gaagose

sea cucumber

gai salusalu

verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)

galeve sali

noun a coconut tree which produces much galeve

gamua

verb covered with gamu

gasigi

noun plantsp.: hemp-leavedvitexshrub(vitex negundo var. bicolor (willd.) lam.)

gaua

verb to have enlarged lymph nodes

gava-uli

reef heron - grey phase

gohu

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adjective dark

gonogono

adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly

gubu

noun joint (of the hand or foot); verse (of a song)

haadinga haiava

noun bend in a path

hadi aho

adjective

hadu lalo

noun a stone on which hermit crabs are crushed (to use for bait)

hagaaduadu dangada

adjective critical of others

hagabuulunga

verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else

hagadaula

verb to anchor

hagadibadibalia

verb cause to hagadibadiba

hagahongagainga

verb to make a child urinate

hagamaadau

noun a current which flows to the right

hagao baubau

low wages, low-priced

hagausinga

noun raincloud (includes all cumulus types)

hai

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verb do, make

hai dubuna

adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild

haingaa me

noun work requiring a large work force

heduu

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noun star

hhuna

verb hide at one time

hine dau bodu

noun married woman

huaalanga

noun a type of coconuttree

husi

taro bag, swamp

ili taalanga

talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length

kano malie

adjective a tasty tuber of good quality

langa de moana

becoming stormy (of the sea)

langona

adjective heard,felt

lehu

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noun lime

llau

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number one hundred

ma de hia e doe

a chanted expression, on the last word of which a work group chanting it lifts a heavy object

maadau dae ssae

noun a type of fishhook

maagau

verb die (plural subj.)

magakaga

adjective firmly attached

makaga lodo

adjective stubborn

malimalino

verb becoming more and more malino

manaunau

verb act crazy or insane

mangoo-senga

noun fishsp.: shark sp.

manu-mmala

noun plantsp.: glorybower(clerodendrum inerme (l.) gaertn.)

masoasoa

spacious

masole ange

barely scratched

massogosogolia

verb to have been by oneself

me duu

noun clitoris

milosanga

noun the way in which current flows

moosugia ange

somewhat moosugia

mua mai (adu, ange)

adjective next to me (you, him)

muna de henua

noun the nukuoro language

nebu ange

adjective to perceive that others are occupied

ngago gaago

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noun chicken egg

ngalue age

increased,augmented

niho gai

noun permanent teeth (appearing afterdeciduous teeth)

nuinui

noun a special kind of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net

odaadeu

pronoun our (plural, inclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)

osi

verb a seedling; a shoot (of another plant) set aside for planting a seedling

pulu

verb to be dry and smooth; satiated; be able to withstand

sagea gee

extremely sagea

sala

noun mistake,error,accident

salasalahagi

verb repeatedly salahagi

samouli

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noun Nukuoro deity

savini

adjective run, move fast (as fish, or a canoe)

se aha

what is it

se me be hee

extraordinary or unusual (esp. in size)

seseu

verb push (now and into the future)

somo

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noun sprouting coconut; white meat of a sprouting coconut

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ssoi

to foretell a death by words or actions (which cause death)

taholaa

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noun whale

tangada sinaa ina

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noun gray-haired person

tea age laangi

noun dawn

ubu loada

a coconut shell used for expectoration

udua

promontory, peninsula

ulu

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verb enter

ului

turn inside out