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aabi
noun room (of a house)
bookmarkaliali
noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut
bookmarkanga-mea
noun fish sp. (= large dada)
bookmarkbaalanga sauaa
noun magnet
bookmarkbaani
adjective lie down
bookmarkbani-gegeva
noun
boaanga
noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)
bookmarkbolo iho
adjective to make oneself the beneficiary of a will which one has made for another
bookmarkbongaa manu
noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)
bookmarkdaakodolia
verb
be slept upon for a long time
daane i lalo
noun a person who fails at everything he tries
bookmarkdabadaba
noun slipperlobster
bookmarkdae maduu
noun a method of pulling flying fish into the canoe with a hand net
bookmarkdahuli de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkdala
noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)
bookmarkdalaa ubu
noun charcoal from the coconut shell
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdauaa
verb wrinkled
bookmarkdeehehee
verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself
bookmarkdelaa tagodo
that there is the situation...
bookmarkdiilaulauhai
noun the seventh child of a couple
bookmarkdua dama
verb the pallor of a female following childbirth
bookmarkduaa dai
verb seasick but unable to throw up
bookmarkdube
adjective movements perceived under the covers; the swarming of maggots in meat
bookmarkduu molomolo
visible clearly
bookmarkduu-mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkduuhua
adjective single, unmarried
bookmarkebuebua
verb covered with ebuebu
bookmarkgaadinga lamallie
noun a coconut with an unusually large-sized kernel
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galo hagalegunga
adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way
bookmarkgalo-gila
goatfish
bookmarkgamai
adjective
bring to me, carry to me
gano agau
noun reef (including land thereon)
bookmarkgenu
verb a movement of the hips, as in the act of sexual intercourse
bookmarkgide malie
adjective get in the habit of
bookmarkgodi
verb to trim
bookmarkgoigoi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkhaahaa saele
adjective search here and there
bookmarkhaahaula age de me
become bright (with morning sunlight)
bookmarkhagaago
verb imitate; show, teach; to urge
bookmarkhagabaua
verb figureout, determine
bookmarkhagadubu mangoo
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagagaehala
verb to cause to have immature breadfruit
bookmarkhagahula
noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhai bao
verb divided into compartments
bookmarkhai naa hanu me
something will happen...
bookmarkhai sogosogo
verb masturbate
bookmarkhegai
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkhhoda
gasp for breath
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishingpole
bookmarkiganibongi
noun fishsp.
bookmarkila
verb? a mole (not raised), or other permanent black spot on the skin
bookmarkkalo
adjective sharp (as a knife); a sharp pointed canoe (designed to ride easily in rough seas)
bookmarkkii ange tanuaa
verb to make something better; to better
bookmarklabodo-daubulebule
noun eelsp.
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklallala
verb warm oneself by the fire
bookmarklangaa lodo
adjective a sudden access of emotion
bookmarklimamalie
adjective good at massaging
bookmarklolo manu-de-boo
a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes
bookmarklongohio
verb feel
bookmarkluu duu
noun covers (of books), two halves
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa haa
number fourteen
bookmarkmadannia i lodo
noun middlefinger
bookmarkmalemolemo
adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmamu-lalo-beau
noun fishsp.: wrasse
bookmarkmeemaagau
noun non-living thing
bookmarkmogomogo ina
muscular
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmother
tinana
bookmarkngadi basa
small talk; idle conversation
bookmarkngadi daumaha
adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults
bookmarknoho senga (adu)
adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)
bookmarkolo
noun beach
bookmarksaesaelea
verb to be continually walked upon
bookmarksahole
noun fishsp.: mountainbass
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksassano
adjective becoming ssano
bookmarksaubaligi
verb graceful in dancing
bookmarkse gainga
abundant
bookmarksinasinaina
adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)
bookmarksinga sogosogo
adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself
bookmarkssali dodo
verb bleed
bookmarktangada dee doo gi de me
uncouth person
bookmarkulu-dugi
hawk fish
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