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adu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkbelu
noun lizard sp.
bookmarkbili makaga
love
bookmarkboaa ina mai
prevented from coming by being caught in a storm
bookmarkbole gi de gai
eat ravenously
bookmarkbona
noun a knot tied at the end of a rope or a string to prevent its unravelling
bookmarkdaa (dau)
chanting (of old chants)
bookmarkdaane hebagi
adjective soldier
bookmarkdala
noun appendage, fin, spine
bookmarkdau hala
verb the season during which pandanus fruit of the same type matures
bookmarkdee haaoa i de gai
gluttonous
bookmarkdoo de gauanga
dislocated thigh bone
bookmarkduagi
verb to clean fish (taking the insides out)
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of the island (nukuoro)
bookmarkelunga
noun top of, the position over (something)
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgailingalinga
adjective continually wanting to eat
bookmarkgau
noun grouping (of people)
bookmarkgauligi iho
next younger than
bookmarkgegeli
adjective struggle
bookmarkgeu de madangi
a change of wind direction
bookmarkgiado taelodo
noun the outrigger booms toward the center of the canoe
bookmarkgide
verb see
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgoloa o taane
male genitalia
bookmarkgu dee galemu
recovering from an illness (getting better)
bookmarkgubu dae
noun intestines which appear to havesegmentation
bookmarkhaaina
verb stare at
bookmarkhagaagahi
verb call (someone)
bookmarkhagaavaava
verb provide or receive support continually
bookmarkhagadalabaimanugadele
verb
hagadiingia saele
adjective to go about exposing oneself to the sun’s rays
bookmarkhagadubu manu baabaa
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahaigabungi
verb make shy
bookmarkhagaheohi
verb to correct (someone or something)
bookmarkhagalongo
verb hear, listen
bookmarkhagamade
verb do as hard or fast as possible
bookmarkhagaodia
verb finish up, be last
bookmarkhagasegedia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagatulu mai
verb ooze out
bookmarkhai baasi
adjective take sides against, oppose
bookmarkhai damaahine
adjective the relationship between parent and daughter
bookmarkhai galauna
adjective fish with the galauna net
bookmarkhai gauligi
each child is somewhat different
bookmarkhai vaivai me
have sexual relations
bookmarkhakiia
verb move (something) away completely
bookmarkhegai
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkhonoa
verb patched
bookmarkhoohoo
adjective repeatedly hoo, as when tryingto scare something
bookmarkkave e hakide
take someone in order to train or teach him
bookmarkkosi
verb to scratch (once)
bookmarklima-malama
time noun may (’fifth month’)
bookmarklodo gaiaa
adjective competitive, envious, desirous of retaliating
bookmarklodo hagamau me
adjective selfish with one’s possessions, ungiving
bookmarklomolomosi
verb repeatedly or frequently loomosi
bookmarkmaaua
adjective poisoned (by food)
bookmarkmadaangahulu
numeral ten (objects)
bookmarkmagimagi
adjective prone to illness
bookmarkmaleasa
noun fishsp. : tang (a kind of igauli)
bookmarkmanomano
numeral thousands and thousands
bookmarkmanu-hagadigedige
noun mollusksp.: coneshell
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkme de lodo
noun a fishing place (in the lagoon)
bookmarkmogobuna
noun grandchild,descendant of
bookmarkmomme aadea
noun clearing (e.g., in the woods)
bookmarkmomme hagadaahao
noun playground
bookmarkmuna maimai
noun <= ngudu maimai>
bookmarkngadi seesee
walk barefoot, stroll
bookmarkoa
gunwales (at the top of the canoe)
bookmarkono-laangi
time noun saturday (’sixth day’)
bookmarkpaa de hoa
happy (lit., ’to slap one’s sides’)
bookmarkpaa iho
explode from above
bookmarksaabai
verb lift up and carry; carry (a burden)
bookmarksalibaadaa
verb a type of low cloud
bookmarktao o de me holu
noun arrow
bookmarktogo dahi
first
bookmarkulungaa iga
a pair of copulating fish, turtles, whales, stingrays, etc.
bookmarkvakaa
be in trouble, in danger, or in a precarious situation
bookmarkvasu ai
like it
bookmarkvela
burned
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