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adu
noun fishclub (priest)
bookmarkbasa gee
speak (or express oneself) strangely
bookmarkbigo
adjective bent; bedridden with illness
bookmarkbugubugunga
noun the slope of a swelling or protuberance
bookmarkbuni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkdaahili dau soa
a lovesong
bookmarkdagu made
perhaps,maybe
bookmarkdai hieunu
adjective thirsty
bookmarkdau gai
noun the season in which seasonally available food is abundant
bookmarkdau i tua
memorize
bookmarkdau malino
verb an area of the sea which is dead calm
bookmarkdaudahi
adjective only,alone (just one)
bookmarkdeai ange
no more, no other
bookmarkdenei ai
therefore (with respect to this here)
bookmarkdihidihi
noun butterfly fish
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdodo ina
bloody (as of garments)
bookmarkdolo
adjective creep (a very slow movement over the ground)
bookmarkdoo de gulabe
prolapsed rectum
bookmarkdungudungua
verb repeatedly smell (something)
bookmarkduu-hakaa
noun fishsp. (var. of duubaeao)
bookmarkduulale
noun a type of game
bookmarkege
verb raise up (so that higher)
bookmarkgadigadi
verb have itch
bookmarkgage saali
verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali
bookmarkgai samusamu
verb eat left-overs (that most people wouldthrow out)
bookmarkgaleve vii
noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy
bookmarkgidigidi laa lalo
a very short person,midget; miniature, diminutive
bookmarkgiigii saele
adjective giggle
bookmarkgoehau
noun plantsp.: treesp.: hibiscustree(hibiscus tiliaceus l.)
bookmarkhaangoda mada aasanga
to fish for labelabe
bookmarkhagabuua
verb crowd away from
bookmarkhagadau doolohi
adjective chase each other
bookmarkhagadaula
verb to anchor
bookmarkhagadibalia
verb cause to tip to one side
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagagapua
verb to create gapua
bookmarkhai gai
adjective prepared food; cook food
bookmarkhakiia
verb move (something) away completely
bookmarkhegai
verb eat ravenously
bookmarkhhali lo te laagau
a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)
bookmarkhidi bido dane
slow-moving or slow-working person
bookmarkhulu
adjective ten (in enumeration and compounds only)
bookmarki ama
on the same side of a canoe as theoutrigger float
bookmarkiga-loa
noun fishsp. (a small flying fish)
bookmarkkini
verb pick at one time,pinch at one time
bookmarklaagau hagadauaadea
noun a cross-beam lashed to a tree to facilitate climbing it
bookmarklatabagea
noun an ornament made of turtle shell
bookmarklavalava lau manu
a sarong of material with a flowered pattern
bookmarklebidi
noun birdsp.: whitetern
bookmarkllahi
adjective thin (pl.)
bookmarklode
inside
bookmarklodo mao lunga
characteristically hagamao lunga; egotistical, self-centered, arrogant inspirit
bookmarkloha
verb fathom (the span of one’s outstretched arms)
bookmarklunga ange
up more
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
castes (two) of aboriginal nukuoro society
bookmarkmada nuui
adjective dark green in color
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-lua-malama
time noun december (’twelfth month’)
bookmarkmadalua maa valu
number twenty eight
bookmarkmagini
a sudden pain while moving the body (as with a pinched nerve, or a muscle spasm); a sound like that made by snapping one’s fingers
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalemalemo ~ malemolemo
noun a careless diver (who is frequently almost drowned)
bookmarkmalo haahine
adjective a dress (female clothing)
bookmarkmaluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turnedover and over
bookmarkmanua
verb diseased
bookmarkmasavaa danuaa
noun a time of peace
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkme abadai
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme hagalolo
noun a type of prepared food (made from taro and coconut cream)
bookmarkme hai dago
ritual acts,religious acts
bookmarkmee saabini uga
reel of fishing line (lit. thing to wrap fishing line)
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/13/19
bookmarkmmala luu mada
stinging of one’s eyes (e.g., from salt water)
bookmarkmmasi
adjective the ripened condition of the fruit of the pandanus (when the keys begin to fall)
bookmarkmoenga
bedclothes, bedding; a place for sleeping
bookmarkmugamuga
noun first stage of a green coconut; youngest coconut; type of huaamee
Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/16/15
bookmarkmuu-madagao
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarknguua
verb be nguu
bookmarkonoonogia
noun an overindulgence in fatty foods, leading to a loss of appetite
bookmarkoo
noun a ration of food for a long canoe voyage
bookmarksasau
verb increasing in velocity (of wind)
bookmarksauvalovalo
verb echo
bookmarkseni
adjective sleep
bookmarksese
verb walk
bookmarksigisiginga
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarktangada hai sauaa
magician, sorcerer
bookmarktao o de moso
coconut frond spine which has fallen and stuck upright in the ground
bookmarktolu-laangi
Wednesday (’third day’)
bookmarkula de gili
inflammation; red in the face; sunburned
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages.
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