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aausa ina
a sea condition resembling that resulting from a ship leaving a wake
bookmarkadaadamai
adjective recall slightly
bookmarkago
verb learn, teach
bookmarkaho
noun fishing line of the sort used for adu fishing
bookmarkanaa ai huu
those only then
bookmarkanaa donu
those only
bookmarkanei naa
these (here) only
bookmarkau dili dai
an ocean current flowing away from land
bookmarkbaasanga tugi ange muna
talk back
bookmarkbauanga
noun worth, value
bookmarkbebea
verb be very nervous, be very anxious
bookmarkboobosu
adjective
daahaa
daahaa mada makaga
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa and daahaa mada giigii
bookmarkdaasugi
verb struggle to get free; jerking of the tail
bookmarkdada saiolo
adjective to hoist a sail
bookmarkdagaa
verb a leader (for a fishline, made of olonga)
bookmarkdalaehala
verb pricked
bookmarkdami
verb close1 one’s jaws; closing of the two halves of a clam shell
bookmarkdangada duaagau
adjective an avid fisherman
bookmarkdau bodu
adjective married man or woman
bookmarkdauaahe
adjective gather or pleat in material; feathers of a rooster standing out on its neck (when angry); festooned with (e.g., flags)
bookmarkdee vaaseegina
hardly able to wait for
bookmarkdenei ange
this is another one
bookmarkdenei muhuu
how about this one
bookmarkdiinei mai
make smaller; decrease
bookmarkdoi-giva
noun
the sap of a hardwood sp. which drifts ashore
duha
verb divide among, division (in arithmetic)
bookmarkege age
raise up (something) from its previous trajectory
bookmarkgaaui
verb a line (for retrieving) attached to a spear; assemble (something from parts) byfastening together; strap, harness
bookmarkgapua
verb large fissures or depressions in the reef (incomplete channels)
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
ginadoa
verb a boil on the body that is hard and painful, and which will not come to a head
bookmarkhadi
adjective broken (as a stick), bent up
bookmarkhadu de moana
noun a type of string figure
bookmarkHadu-lehu
the name of a ghost in Nukuoro legend.
bookmarkhagaaloha
adjective piteous,pitiful
bookmarkhagabigi
verb strive to be like
bookmarkhagadaula
verb to anchor
bookmarkhagadino
verb provide a portion or share
bookmarkhagadodi
verb walk with a limp (permanently)
bookmarkhagamaamaanadu
verb keep reminding or keep remembering
bookmarkhagamabua
verb cause to hagamabu
bookmarkhagasiilangaa mada
noun the appearance of fish or edible animals in great numbers (an omen of death)
bookmarkhagausi age
appearance of rain clouds on the horizon
bookmarkhai mada dabu
an avoidance relationship (between kin)
bookmarkhai me magua
sort of steal
bookmarkhaitoga
noun an opening for a door or window
bookmarkhakaugaua
verb to bathe (someone)
bookmarkhhanga lua
verb split in two
bookmarkhhao
verb fill,stuff (something into or full of)
bookmarkhonua
verb filled with
bookmarkhuda
noun
huubuudoi
adjective fat and squat and ugly
bookmarkiga-adagahi
noun
fishsp.: hawkfish (2 sorts)
ilaage mai
free from
bookmarkkana mai
watch your step around me
bookmarkkangi de hagasaele
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarklaagau
wood, stick (of wood)
bookmarklanga de moana
becoming stormy (of the sea)
bookmarklau me
noun adjacent (of taro plots only)
bookmarklodo gapua
noun seaward part of a gapua
bookmarkloha
bird species
bookmarklongosaa
adjective small around, thin
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmada gi daha
adjective having the point bent outward (away from its handle)
bookmarkmadaa sele
noun loop of a lasso or noose
bookmarkmalangilangi ai
happy with, pleased at; appreciative
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmana
noun supernatural power
bookmarkmangemangeo
verb covered with mangeo
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkmolimoli ngaadai
adjective a distribution of the catch of a communal fishing expedition
bookmarkmoosee
verb not quite cooked (of anything but fish)
bookmarkmougu
noun plantsp.: fleurya ruderalis (forst.f.) gaud. ex. wedd.
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarknoho mai (adu, ange)
resist me (you, them), oppose me (you, them)
bookmarksabiningaa lau
seesee hagadaahao
adjective walk (for recreation)
bookmarksiga de mamu
an escape of fish from a fishing net (through its holes)
bookmarksii valavala
adjective spray
bookmarksiva llau
number nine hundred
bookmarksoe age
straight up; decide (for oneself)
bookmarksogoisi loo huu
tili aalanga
exhausted (physically or mentally); discouraged; completely relaxed
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