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ahi

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noun fire

aloage

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noun plant species with bright green leaves, cooked with turtle

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anaa ange naa

about that (here) much more

anu

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verb dance

badabaataianga

noun

balaginagina

adjective be squashed

balanggede

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noun blanket

beibei

adjective more-or-less alike

beluu

noun lizard; gecko

boaa

verb be caught in a storm

bole

adjective bawl out, be angry; be mad (as indicated by one’s movements)

boo dabeo

verb a night which is rainy and stormy

booi

noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)

boonei

noun fish sp.: damselfish

buu ili

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noun type of shell (Triton’s trumpet)

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buu useahi

verb blurred

daa

noun a bunch

dabu

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adjective holy; sacred

dahea

adjective drift

dangada dau duadae

a sucker (a person who is easily fooled)

dangada mai i daha

relatives by marriage or adoption, etc.

davage

noun birdsp.: white-tailedtropicbird(phaethon lepturus)

dee gide

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blind

dee nei

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noun this

deengaa gamalie

adjective let’s do it attentively

deledele kau

adjective walk proudly , strut

denga meelaa

those ones over there (plural)

dogia

verb be wet from the rain

doha

verb to spreadout (something)

dolo

noun sugarcane

dotonogaa

noun fishsp.: goby

dubuna aahine

noun grandmothers

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duuaa

verb to be in trouble

gaaunuunu

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noun breast, bosom

gangong

noun plant species whose leaf is used for cooking

gauligi daane

male child, boy

haa manu

noun the young (of an animal) born at the same time (e.g., a litter, etc.); the offspring of (sharing the characteristics of)

haangoda dua beau

a fishing method (used on the seaward reef during the day) employing a line, with hermit crabs for bait)

hadu de gaanunu

noun nipple of breast

haduhadu

verb thick (not watery)

hagaaualoha

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verb poor

hagaausa

verb cause to leave a wake

hagabidoa

verb be the last

hagabigo de ngago

fool (someone), deceive

hagabiiginga

noun way of making sticky

hagabulumau

adjective watch your step climbing

hagadaemahadia

verb put too much weight on

hagadangadanga

verb loosen

hagadubu o madaligi

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagagudu

verb cause to have lice (by transfer)

hagahi

verb call (someone) once

hagakii dalinga

verb producing a high-pitched noise in the ear; the itch felt in the ear when something sweet is eaten

hagausi age

appearance of rain clouds on the horizon

hai dodo

verb bleeding profusely

hai gaiaa

verb use without permission

hano gi bouli gee

to transfigure oneself

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

helau

verb sorcery

heohi

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adjective correct; right

hoa lalo

noun anvil; or other hard object (such as astone) on which something can be struckhard; mortar stone

holasa

noun a type of mat

honu

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adjective full (for containers, notebooks, etc.)

honu malingilingi

adjective fill to overflowing

hua gulu

noun breadfruit (singular)

huaahuu

noun a type of prepared food (made from taro)

kai laanui

adjective show-off; a legend concerning the founding of nukuoro

kino made

adjective hate vehemently, completely disgusted

langi moni

noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come

lengisi

noun insectsp.: moth spp.

llena

verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows

maanga booi

noun a fingerful of booi

mada ligiligi

adjective having small eyes or holes

mada nuui

adjective dark green in color

madaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama

time noun november (’eleventh month’)

madangi

noun wind

maea

noun a type of rope (the thickest sort)

maga de hoe

to paddle vigorously

mahuge, huge

open

manavasaa

adjective scared; afraid

manu dolodolo

noun animal (doesn’t include people)

manu-daa-uga

noun <= goehau>

me duu

noun clitoris

me-e-ligi

noun taro corm (small)

mogomogo ina

muscular

molomolo iho (age)

adjective appear clearly

mua iho (age)

adjective next above (below)

ne hia

how many has it been

neve

verb blurred (out of focus)

ngudu lagolago

lie (tell a falsehood)

oha

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verb break (transitive)

ohu

verb a depression in a tree trunk

paa de hatuli

rolling of thunder

panga

adjective

salu mai

make smaller by planing or scraping

sauduu

noun mermaid

sisi galisi

striped (with thin lines)

sussunubega

wrasse (fish)

tilo ange

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verb raise

tinae

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belly