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sogoisi loo huu— very few
elunga— top of, the position over (something)
hugahuga— a type of soft driftwood (used for plugs)
dagelo— bottom, foundation
hagapiigia— make stuck to
gai hagalulu— habituated to taking bait (fish); feed on bait
hagamuli— be late, tarry
gauligi suugulu— student
boaanga— a period (of time) during which many people require massage (for fractures)
daumaha— worship, church (services); religion
dogodoganga— plant sp.
dalaa— (small) piece of, part of
sumu-dea— fish sp.
ao de mee— daytime
makaga— hard (solid)
ngauda— an unenthusiastic fisherman
dahuli— turn back; change one's mind
de hua nei— this size
gili dama— soft-skinned
kadi— bite; tightly packed, jammed up
hongagainga— urinate
lobadia mai— to have the sail and mast blown down (because the wind came from the side away from the outrigger)
duusaba— type of musical intrument which consists a stretched palm leaf that is blown in order to make sound
hagaaugaua— cause to be infected
hai dagelo— deep-bottomed
aloha gelo— profound affection
haaina— stare at
maamaalamangia— continuously illuminated (by another source)
dae— hand net
mmano— thousands
malo huna— breechclout
hagaduidui— to move about (leaning way over) in order to observe
moni deledele— sailing canoe
noho hhanga— sit with one's legs spread apart
babu— the noise of one hard object struck against another (as the snapping of fingers)
magi labua gee— upset stomach (nausea)
mee hakadanga— joke, jest; trick (a practical joke)
dee hai gee— be tied (e.g., in a foot race)
aabida— make a coil of dried pandanus leaves
gidaau— we (dual, inclusive)
mada gelegele— male child
suugui ange— join to, connect to, connect up with
lilolilo— in a sheltered place
hagasaulaba— treat as parent-in-law, child-in-law
gai ngaadai— a distribution of fish to the whole island population
anga-dogi— mollusk sp.: cerithiidae
hai mada dabu— an avoidance relationship (between kin)
nohoanga hodooligi— the place where the chief lives (at the moment)
duiagi— fishing using a whole fish as bait
be— if, whether; or
buusagi— an eddy caused by a current
damadaa— to have started it; to have begun it
doo de ssui— still damp (but becoming dry)
bongaa usu— nostril
llao— gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
saga gi daha— glide away from; extend out in space
laangai huli de moana— a fishing condition in which tuna are jumping (showing their white bellies) and biting
dee gagu— uncouth
haonga i ode— urethra
davage— bird sp.: white-tailed tropic bird (phaethon lepturus)
huaabodu— family
kona iho— be too much for one
madala mai— get free, be loose; in bloom
baalanga mmea— copper, brass, reddish metal
dooluu— your (dual; for singular noun)
delaadeu— their (for singular noun)
bakau— upper arm; shoulder; wing
magavaa— between, among
uli— dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)
de hine dabeo— a menstruating woman
abongi— capsize
lodo baageaa— weak-willed, easily tempted; excited easily by the opposite sex
bale— steer (e.g., a canoe)
saalingaa nui— the rainwater which flows down a bent coconut tree (collected for drinking)
lua malama— February ('second month')
baunga— worth, value
vaivai— watery, bad - (when followed by another word)
daudai— skillful fisherman
badabaatai— pl. form of having a tendency to meddle in others' affairs
anumanga— dancing party
savini gee— run away
malo diadia— mending holes in clothes by running threads crisscross across the hole
luu amaadeu— our (plural, exclusive; for dual, alienable noun)
laanui— big
hagamaamaane de lodo— cheer up (someone)
gai valaai— take medicine
dahea— drift (sing.)
holadage— laid out or spread out all over
ma gi— in order to
madohi age— reach halfway up
io alo— lower io, q.v.
duga de gumigumi— allow one's beard to grow
dae maduu— a method of pulling flying fish into the canoe with a hand net
daohi ange dahi hai— argue against
ngalogulogu— easily ngalogu in many places
onodaa— mollusk sp.: spondylus sp.
honu ssele— turtle of a size suitable for eating
salasalani— becoming salani in one part, but not yet salani all over
hagagainga— litter up
se mee gi hee— in which direction is the current running
hagamao lalo— humble, modest
dili dagidahi age— release one at a time or intermittently or sporadically
laa tua— besides
duu galeve— to collect the sap of a coconut tree (from its inflorescence)
godi mai— a certain type of manipulation inplaying with string figures
hilohilo me— impure
ahi tugi— ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
nguulia— be making a faint sound
dagua-bodo— fish sp., tuna sp.
dohu ange— sufficient for
haga-— causative; make X
maga ahi— glowing embers (without a flame)
hagabadabaataianga— the nominal form of the causative form of pl. form of having a tendency to meddle in others' affairs
gavagava— weather-hardened black driftwood
maa— mother (informal)
mmoa— cooked
dau— cover for an earth oven
alobagi— a lagoonward sandspit next to a channel between islets on the atoll
hagadaga iho— worsening
adudau— sandspit
mmala dana (dagu) maanga— lose his (my) appetite
lau mee— adjacent (of taro plots only)
mago de henua— monsoon winds (from the southwest)
hagalau— make a total of one hundred
hagaseenga— way of just being able to
hagaoomea— to wait until afternoon (late)
daumada— stare at, observe closely
hagamahana— heat (something)
salu— scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)
mounu— dismantle, pull apart; take a cover off
mahanahana— very warm, hot
gidee (laa) goe— see what i mean
magi o de henua— cold (sickness), flu
gauea— bird sp.: white-rumped swift (apus pacificus) (the native term applies possibly to several spp.)
gaalauanga ~ gaalauango— tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)
vaivai hai— wrong, disappoint, hurt (someone)
deai ma gi dahi— none at all as you should very well know
daia e tulidaa— urgency in micturation
holia— to form (something); make (something) according to some model or plan
manua— diseased
tegi kano— tickled
anaa huu— those only are the ones
aalohi modu— lagoonward of the islets of the atoll
daa malo— wash clothes
hagasaalunga ange— call (someone) by the name of his name-group
hagaoda-lolo— fish sp.
lugu— take or obtain something by force
taina gauligi— younger sibling
tibidibi— ball woven from coconut palm, used for sport
sinsia— plant sp. with white fragrant flowers
doluseguli— three hundred thousand (300,000)
daleba— flap briskly in the wind
dili de lima— to swing one's arms (when walking)
lipaidonga— mollusk sp., turbo petholatus
llibo ange luu vae— run
ango— the carapace of the hawksbill sea turtle; pearl
gano niho— gums of mouth
dilo— look at (inspect)
alaange— allowed to, permissible
logunga— cornerstone
huaa me— a coconut (for drinking); the whole thing
muna hai alaa— oh my goodness
seesee— walk
lima madua— thumb
angaanga dabuvae— toenail
hagahana iho— record for a little while
hano laa uda— go on foot
nao gasi— eat messily (by poking at all of the food instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)
gudu dangada— head louse, lice
alaa naa— those only
madi— to add organic material to the taro bog
hagadau gaiaa— steal from one another
aha-bagua— driftwood, resembles tree sp.: pandan tree (pandanus dubius spreng.)
buugunga— conformation of a mons veneris
muna o de henua— a community meeting (for listening to speeches or instructions)
mee hakaa— sharpener
dudu de niho— a method of treating toothaches in which a burning root (of the aoa tree) is applied to the tooth (which later disintegrates)
hadu golaa— volcanic stone from Pohnpei used to pound sakau
taane haangoda— fisherman
siia gi moana ngaadai— drift downwind, away from land
hakaaununu— breastfeed
gavaausu— plant sp., tree sp., barringtonia tree (barringtonia asiatica (l.) kurz)
mau haahine— attractive to women (for some inexplicable reason)
doo de gulabe— prolapsed rectum
go ai ne siilia— who asked you
madaala— loosely braided; good at twirling sennit
galua— having viscous sputum
hano laa— previous
daane dau— a person of importance (specially accomplished)
hua nnui— having large fruit or nuts (of trees)
dee hagalongaa— be quiet
somo boi— grow abnormally (having defects)
hagammidi— suction of a sea current, undertow
haoli— cover up
hegide— see each other; meet up with
buga— plant sp.: tree sp. (pisonia grandis r.b.)
muna— language; word or phrase
adu henua— group of islands or atolls; archipelago
gide— see
hale nnoa— prison, jail

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