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aabi

noun room (of a house)

aahee

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ahinga

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noun armpit

aliali

noun the barely formed gelatinous layer inside the immature coconut

anga-mea

noun fish sp. (= large dada)

baalanga sauaa

noun magnet

baani

adjective lie down

bani-gegeva

noun

boaanga

noun a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)

bolo iho

adjective to make oneself the beneficiary of a will which one has made for another

bongaa manu

noun large, exposed roots (e.g., of the breadfruit tree)

daakodolia

verb be slept upon for a long time ,be in place for a long time

daane i lalo

noun a person who fails at everything he tries

dabadaba

noun slipperlobster

dae maduu

noun a method of pulling flying fish into the canoe with a hand net

dahuli de madangi

a change of wind direction

dala

noun plantsp.: shrub sp. (ximenia americana l.)

dalaa ubu

noun charcoal from the coconut shell

dali

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

dama

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noun children

dauaa

verb wrinkled

deehehee

verb to make a certain pattern of sounds tocall attention to oneself

delaa tagodo

that there is the situation...

diilaulauhai

noun the seventh child of a couple

dua dama

verb the pallor of a female following childbirth

duaa dai

verb seasick but unable to throw up

duai

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noun bench fitted with a tool to grate coconuts

dube

adjective movements perceived under the covers; the swarming of maggots in meat

duu molomolo

visible clearly

duu-mmea

sea cucumber species

duuhua

adjective single, unmarried

ebuebua

verb covered with ebuebu

gaadinga lamallie

noun a coconut with an unusually large-sized kernel

gaibea daane

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male crab

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galo hagalegunga

adjective to look at a member of the opposite sex in a presumptuous way

galo-gila

goatfish

gamai

adjective bring to me, carry to me

gano agau

noun reef (including land thereon)

genu

verb a movement of the hips, as in the act of sexual intercourse

gide malie

adjective get in the habit of

godi

verb to trim

goigoi

noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler(heteroscelus brevipes)

haahaa saele

adjective search here and there

haahaula age de me

become bright (with morning sunlight)

hagaago

verb imitate; show, teach; to urge

hagabaua

verb figureout, determine

hagadubu mangoo

noun the name of a certain type of string figure

hagagaehala

verb to cause to have immature breadfruit

hagahula

noun the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth

hai bao

verb divided into compartments

hai naa hanu me

something will happen...

hai sogosogo

verb masturbate

hanohano

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noun diarrhea

hegai

verb eat ravenously

henua moounga

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noun land with mountains (e.g. Pohnpei, United States)

hhoda

gasp for breath

huadia

noun fishingpole

huluhulu

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noun hair (not on the head); fur

iganibongi

noun fishsp.

ila

verb? a mole (not raised), or other permanent black spot on the skin

kalo

adjective sharp (as a knife); a sharp pointed canoe (designed to ride easily in rough seas)

kii ange tanuaa

verb to make something better; to better

labodo-daubulebule

noun eelsp.

lailai

noun fishsp. (= lae)

lallala

verb warm oneself by the fire

langaa lodo

adjective a sudden access of emotion

lima

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limamalie

adjective good at massaging

lolo manu-de-boo

a type of medicine made from coconut oil and centipedes

longohio

verb feel

luu duu

noun covers (of books), two halves

luu duu de maduu

social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society

luuluu haha

gargle, wash one’s mouth out

madaanga hulu maa haa

number fourteen

madannia i lodo

noun middlefinger

malemolemo

adjective a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)

malili de biho

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adjective balding

mamu-lalo-beau

noun fishsp.: wrasse

meemaagau

noun non-living thing

mogomogo ina

muscular

moni hagadeledele

noun model (or toy) canoe

mother

tinana

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noun knife

ngadi basa

small talk; idle conversation

ngadi daumaha

adjective religions which are not in the judaeo-christian tradition, pagan cults

noho senga (adu)

adjective be ignorant (of what is happening)

olo

noun beach

ono laangi

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noun Saturday

saesaelea

verb to be continually walked upon

sahole

noun fishsp.: mountainbass

saiolo duli magaga

noun a type of string figure

sassano

adjective becoming ssano

saubaligi

verb graceful in dancing

se gainga

abundant

sinasinaina

adjective white headed; old (of living things); big (of animals)

singa sogosogo

adjective do something (e.g., work) all by oneself

ssali dodo

verb bleed

tangada dee doo gi de me

uncouth person

ulu-dugi

hawk fish

usu

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