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aausanga

noun way of leaving a wake

abodonu

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kind

alaa ange naa

about that (over there) much more

ama

noun outrigger float

basa gauligi

adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk

beabeau

verb choppy seas

bugolo

noun coral sp.: faviid coral

bulaga

noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)

bulaga-a-leo

noun fish sp.: tang

daadaanga

noun appearance of

daaea

noun fishsp.: snapper (= large babudaea)

daala

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dababa-gabugabu-tai

noun fishsp.: lizardfish

dangada mai i daha

relatives by marriage or adoption, etc.

dangi see

adjective cry aloud for a long time, wail

dangi talinga

adjective tinnitus, a ringing sound in the ear

danngaho

noun stomach

dao me hholu

noun arrow (for a bow)

dau hoohanga

verb the season during which birds lay eggs

daumaha hagaulu

noun the church service at which new members are accepted

de baasi gee

theopposing side

demee hagaangiangi

fan

diingia

verb to be exposed to the sun’s rays

dotodi

adjective limping (as an action)

dugu de gubenga

set a gubenga net

dulagi daudahi

adjective alike (in appearance)

duu-lellele

noun apodous sea cucumber

duu-o-de-hine

anything sticky which pulls apart likejelly (applied to certain kinds of seacucumbers, etc.)

ege ange

move (something) over

gaanoni

noun an omen of death

gai baalau

verb eat messily (getting food on one’s face); make a mess (esp. involving liquid or organic material)

gau hadu

noun the board to which the metal grater for grating taro is attached

gaua

verb to have enlarged lymph nodes

geegeno

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noun crocodile

giado madua

noun main outrigger booms

giado taelodo

noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe

gili manusomo

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noun bark

gina

noun fishsp.: rainbowrunner

goloa duu biho

barber’s tools

gu aha

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why

haale

verb adopt, raise (a child)

hadi

adjective broken (as a stick), bent up

hadu goinga

noun boundarystone

haele

verb bringup (children), discipline (children)

hagaalo-mea

verb cause to be red (of fully mature coconut meat)

hagabiho

verb cause to become a leader

hagadau aaloha

adjective love each other (esp. of persons of the opposite sex)

hagadau bale

verb cooperate; help one another

hagalaudodole

verb cause to grow small

hagamadagu

verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)

hagamadahuuhua

verb cause to have pimples

hagaseloo

verb make a total of one million

hagasiilangaa mada

noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)

hagausiusi de me

a sky covered with rain clouds

hale magi

noun hospital,dispensary

helelei

adjective fly at the same time

henua i lalo (alodahi)

noun world (lands other than nukuoro)

hhoa de usu

to encounter unexpected misfortune as aresult of one’s evil deeds

hue

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huuhuna

adjective hide

igohi

verb firetongs

ili taalanga

talkative, chatterbox, talk at great length

laohie age

improving condition (of weather)

lau

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number one hundred

loa

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noun ant

luu aau

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pronoun your (singular; for dual, alienable noun)

luu odaadeu

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

maagau

verb die (plural subj.)

madaanga hulu maa hidu

number seventeen

madaanga hulu maa lima

number fifteen

madagauhala

noun the lower abdomen, crotch, pubic area

mademadea

verb identify tentatively; to think that one recognizes but not be sure

mahuda

adjective be awake for a short time; have one’s eyes open

malo-ngiso

noun driftwoodsp.

malui

adjective turned (in a direction), reversed, transpose

manamanava

adjective <= manavanava>

massanganga

adjective apart, widely spaced

me hholu

noun bow (for an arrow)

mesde-gelee

noun mollusksp.: oliveshell <"mr. grey">

mmade aalanga

adjective exhausted (physically or mentally)

mmae

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noun pain

momo loo huu

just a very little

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

nao

verb to extract by gouging out with a finger

ngalullulu

adjective shaky

ngaolo

adjective to make noise (irregular repeated sounds)

ngudu malie

eloquent (of a person)

nguua

verb be nguu

nnoa nounu

verb tied in such a way that pulling the end of the string will undo it

sabini

verb to wrap around

saiolo

noun a sail

saugalo

verb stir

savali

verb hungry

savasavali

verb always hungry

sebu

adjective seen on the surface of the sea from time to time

selu

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verb comb

tamana odogu dinana

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noun maternal grandfather

tea age laangi

noun dawn

uaua

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

uli

adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)