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aahee maa
about when (future); about how much
bookmarkahi malo
noun a mat wrapping for clothes
bookmarkalahage
adjective wake up (from sleep)
bookmarkamoamo
verb keep lifting one thing after another
bookmarkangaanga
noun body
bookmarkau hebaledage
noun a confluence of ocean currents (on the surface only)
bookmarkava
verb passage, channel
bookmarkbaasi lua
having two useful sides
bookmarkbunaa hoe
noun an eddy left by a paddle stroke
bookmarkbungubungu
adjective
plump
daadaaia ange
adjective be in a hurry to
bookmarkdabuvae madua
noun big toe
bookmarkdama donu
noun a natural child
bookmarkdamaa velo
adjective good at spearing fish
bookmarkdaogoli
noun plantsp.: swamptaro(cyrtosperma chamissonis), also the corm of this plant
bookmarkdauaalu
verb always borrowing or begging
bookmarkdauagi
verb dry in the sun
bookmarkdeledele saele
adjective walk around aimlessly; be spread allover (of news)
bookmarkdenei ai laa
this is that then
bookmarkduu mmea
sea cucumber species
bookmarkduu nui
adjective to lower a bunch of cut coconuts from a coconut tree with a rope
bookmarkga aha laa
what’s the matter with you
bookmarkgabe
verb gouge out
bookmarkgailulu
noun birdsp.: booby
bookmarkgulu maimai
noun breadfruit with smooth skin
bookmarkhaa-dolo
noun fishsp.: squirrelfish
bookmarkhadi de uga
the curvature of a fish line when angling (due to underwater currents)
bookmarkhagaeueu
verb a shrugging movement of the shoulders
bookmarkhagamaanadu
verb remember,remind
bookmarkhagamaasei ange
make smaller (away from one)
bookmarkhagamoni
verb provide a canoe for
bookmarkhagasabala
verb talk (someone) into (something)
bookmarkhagasaohia
verb make oneself available
bookmarkhagasegelia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagauea
verb a sleeping mat
bookmarkhai gaavenga
verb restless (of a child)
bookmarkhale suunugi
noun
a house with eaves touching the ground
halehale dagodo lodo
nauseated
bookmarkhhau
verb tie up,fasten by tying (wrapping)
bookmarkili taalanga
adjective talkative, chatterbox, talk at greatlength
bookmarkkanosaa
adjective a tasteless tuber of poor quality
bookmarklagalaga
verb to put down one foot after the other (as in walking or marching in place)
bookmarklagohia
verb wounded
bookmarklangi moni
noun the sort of rain which is an omen that a ship will come
bookmarklau ligi
verb having small leaves
bookmarkliagi
verb dump, throwout (discard)
bookmarklima llau
five hundred
bookmarklodo degi
having a forgiving nature
bookmarklodo gi me
adjective acquisitive, covetous
bookmarkluu ana
pronoun his/her (for dual, alienable noun)
bookmarkmaava age
belch
bookmarkmada-umanga
noun the bud of a cyrtosperma taro corm
bookmarkmadaanga hulu maa valu
number eighteen
bookmarkmago de henua
noun monsoon winds (from the southwest)
bookmarkmahaa
adjective broken up, cracked, burst
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot (weather)
bookmarkmainu
noun bait (on the hook)
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmalua
noun female genital area
bookmarkmangoo-biho-lua
noun fishsp.: shark sp.
bookmarkmanu-de-hala
noun insectsp.: walkingstick (a very large grasshopper-like insect)
bookmarkmanu-ligi
verb lice (immature); louse (immature)
bookmarkmaselesele
adjective straight-edged
bookmarkme dili uda
noun an ocean current which comes towards the atoll
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarknege
verb move (something) a little way over
bookmarkngadaa mai
difficult for me; difficult to come
bookmarkngaengae
verb to become dizzy in the water
bookmarkngudu malie
adjective eloquent (of a person)
bookmarkniho hagadolo
noun incisor teeth
bookmarknodi
verb to tie a knot in the hair
bookmarkodi ai loo
that’s the end! that’s all!
bookmarkolo
noun an area in which sand has accumulated;beach, sandspit
bookmarkoo
pronoun your (singular; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpogo
verb crumpled up
bookmarksaali
noun a type of rope (used for climbing breadfruit trees)
bookmarksaalua
verb scraped (a little taken away),scratched
bookmarksoosoa
noun outrigger float lashings (complementaryto the connecting pegs)
bookmarkssae
verb rip, tear, deflower (a virgin)
bookmarksuuduuduu
defecate (children’s language)
bookmarktagudai
noun coast, shoreline
bookmarktainaahine gauligi
noun younger sister
bookmarktinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarktogo dahi
first
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