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aahine

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noun female

aalanga

noun member (of the body, a house, etc.)

adaadamai

adjective recall slightly

agoago

verb learning, teaching

agule

verb pick head lice

alaa ai laa

those there then were

alamoi

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noun June

anailaanei

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today

aneane

noun the physical desire of a member of the opposite sex

angaanga

adjective measure by spans (anga)

baaini

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lie (down)

baalasi saele

shine a flashlight indiscriminately on people

baasanga tugi ange muna

talk back

baaua

noun fish sp., rabbitfish

badodi

verb to jerk to a stop (as at the end of a tether); stumble, trip (fall)

bakau dahi de manu

not to go fishing when other groups are going

bebe de lodo

noun state of anxiety (psychological condition)

binaaina

adjective cowardly (owing to weak-mindedness); afraid to assert oneself; not live up to one’s obligations

bogi

verb to plant taro slips

boo gi de gai

continually wanting to eat

bulubulu malo

noun rag

daalonga

noun a wound on the body

daane masana

noun good one

dagasala

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fault, crime, guilt

dagoobala

verb fall on something and smash it

dahinga

noun way of shaving

dai

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noun west

dama naale

noun a talkative, deceitful person

dangada agoago taumaha

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noun priest

dangada ulu

noun companions or friends who share the same interests, and who get along well

dau (umu)

noun a cover for an earth oven

deadea

adjective becoming lighter in color

deai se laangi

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never

deganoe

noun part of the female genetalia

dinoanga hulu

adjective a council (of ten) formerlyhaving broad legislative and judicialpowers on the atoll

doi

noun stain (as for wood)

doo

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pronoun your (singular; for singular, inalienable noun)

dooluu

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pronoun your (dual; for singular noun)

dugu de laa

noun lower sail

dulagi ange

look like

dumugamuga

noun butt

duu-uli

noun seacucumber sp.

duugunga o de henua

customs of Nukuoro atoll

gada

adjective laugh

galegale

verb white matter (the sediment in palm toddy, or the powder-like substance on a pandanus key)

gapese

verb a method of pole fishing at night(on the seaward reef)

gau-me

noun gill (of a fish)

gave ua loa

a long-distance footrace

gubenga

noun large net for fishing

hagaau gee

bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid

hagadali

verb accumulate (bring together); gather up; imprisonment (short term)

hagadanuaa magavaa

adjective make peace between people, conciliate

hagagapua

verb to create gapua

hagahana iho

adjective recook for a little while

hagaheiangi

verb act smart (openly)

hagalua (ina)

verb make a total of two

hagamaaiongi

adjective depressed (mentally); unable to think,move, or talk (as a result of psychic depression or trauma)

hagamaimai

verb sweeten

hagasugi

verb shorten, abbreviate; abbreviation, acronym, nickname

hagi ade

adjective insult (someone)

hai dubuna

adjective the relationship between grandparent and grandchild

hai me a leangi

bad-mannered

hale langadala

noun thatch-roofed house (of palm frond thatch)

heui

verb question (something) carefully

holo

verb swallow

hooia donu huu

at the best possible time or place

hua-laagau

noun plantsp.: tropicalalmond(terminalia catappa l.)

inau

verb to look for coconut crabs at night with a light

lligi

adjective fine (in grain, of hair, etc.); little, small

lollolo

verb oily

lolo hai haahine

noun a lovepotion (applied to the clothes or body)

luu adaau

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pronoun our (dual, inclusive; for dual, alienable noun)

mada udua

noun the point of a promontory or peninsula (esp. if large)

magalili

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verb, adjective feel cold, shivering (from cold); flow (of tide)

malo sabo

noun breechclout

malulu

adjective cold (referring to temperature of something)

manugia

adjective to appear from time to time on the surface of the water

me hagalolo

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

me tao

dye

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reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)

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midia ange

dream about

mouli danuaa

easy living, a good life

mudumudu-dua-beau

noun fishsp.: damselfish

mudumudu-odaoda

noun fishsp.: damselfish

ngadaa mai

difficult for me; difficult to come

nnamu hagaduugia

adjective stench

nnoo

adjective covetous,envious

noho

verb stay, sit, stop; freeze,coagulate; live (at); remain(somewhere); be situated

nuinui

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

onge

famine

pula luu mada

excited with joy

seni

sleep

sii talaa umada

a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast

silivaahea

verb wander about with no fixed abode

sobo de laa

rising of the sun

somo boi

grow abnormally (having defects)

somo boi

adjective grow abnormally (having defects)

too gee

clumsy, unskillful, awkward (not dexterous)

ua

noun neck

velevele

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verb to clear land (or a path, etc.) of weeds and underbrush