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aahee ai
then which
bookmarkahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkalo-uli
adjective dark color (of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkava
adjective relief, be relieved
bookmarkbaa i de madangi
be hit (usually forcefully) by wind
bookmarkbilibili
verb having a tendency to be bili
bookmarkbuni lunga ma lalo
a pitch black night
bookmarkbuu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkdaabeduge
verb work seriously
bookmarkdaamada age
adjective start again
bookmarkdahuli sabonealo
adjective the odor of overripe breadfruit
bookmarkdangi buada
adjective the noise made by a fast-moving projectile
bookmarkdele de maahaa
daybreak
bookmarkdemeelaa
that one over there
bookmarkdili dai
adjective any current flowing away from the atoll
bookmarkdilo
noun the immature leaf of any plant, except of the coconut; a coconut leaflet midrib after scraping, soaking and drying
bookmarkdino boo
noun nights (2) when the full moon appears just after sunset
bookmarkdogadogaa
adjective having a tendency to be dogaa
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusksp: a bivalve sp.
bookmarkdohi lau
verb to strip pandanus leaves (to make mats, etc.)
bookmarkdolu llau
number three hundred
bookmarkdoo lodolodo
risky,unreliable
bookmarkdoopeva
noun trick, prank
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkdulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduubaa
noun one half of an oyster shell
bookmarkeu sege
noun a dislocation of the shoulder joint
bookmarkgada-moana
noun fishsp.: jack (an oceanic fish)
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgano niho
noun gums (of mouth)
bookmarkgau
noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)
bookmarkgemo
adjective fast, swift
bookmarkgolomagi iho
adjective to exercise great patience or restraintfor one’s own benefit
bookmarkgonogono
adjective grunt (like a pig) repeatedly
bookmarkgumi
noun a measurement: by tens of fathoms
bookmarkhadu daahili
adjective to make up a song
bookmarkhadu mada
noun eyeball
bookmarkhagaaugaunga
noun state of becoming infected
bookmarkhagadaga age
improving
bookmarkhagadau kino
adjective hate each other
bookmarkhagahongagainga
verb to make a child urinate
bookmarkhagalau
verb make a total of one hundred
bookmarkhagamogomgo
verb cause to be muscular
bookmarkhagapuunia
verb add up (many things)
bookmarkhai de hai
adjective stubborn, willful
bookmarkhai dinana
adjective the relationship between mother (or other female elder) and child (or one treated as a child)
bookmarkhai hagadubu
adjective to fashion a string figure
bookmarkhanga benu
adjective to extract pandanus seeds by splitting the fruit
bookmarkhannoo kaba
go now, right away beat it
bookmarkhegau baubau
noun bad deeds
bookmarkheui
verb question (something) carefully
bookmarkhhudi
verb pull
bookmarkhuaalavao
a strong wind
bookmarkiillangi
noun mollusksp.: conus litteratus
bookmarkkono
adjective grunt (once)
bookmarklaagau aalo saelenga
noun thatch rafters on the ends of a house
bookmarklaba ngaugau
noun a stalk of the elephant-ear plant (ngaungau)
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
bookmarklaulau gai
noun a canoe used to transport food to a feast
bookmarklavasi
noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)
bookmarkloimada
noun tears
bookmarklolo
oil
bookmarkmaanadu iho
adjective think about oneself
bookmarkmada hoou
adjective brand new
bookmarkmadolidoli
verb of unusual age or size
bookmarkmaga de hoe
to paddle vigorously
bookmarkmahanasia
verb heated
bookmarkmalo gahu
adjective shirt
bookmarkmangoo-dahola
noun fishsp.: blacktipshark
bookmarkmanu-hai-hau
masavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmasoasoa
adjective spacious
bookmarkme bouli
the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkmidia ange
dream about
bookmarkmolimoli taula
adjective to take hitches in a rope until it is taut (and continue to take hitches as the rope becomes slack)
bookmarkmoomoa-uliuli
noun fishsp.: boxfish (dark blue)
bookmarkmuna hai alaa
oh my goodness
bookmarknamu
noun mosquito
bookmarkngauda
adjective an unenthusiastic fisherman
bookmarkniigoi
verb wind around (of a rope, etc.)
bookmarknngao dalinga
hurting in the ears from noise
bookmarksaulolua
noun fishsp.: triggerfish
bookmarkse me be hee
extraordinary or unusual (esp. in size)
bookmarkseedaa
noun october
bookmarkseni magau
adjective sleep soundly (owing to exhaustion)
bookmarksiga
verb
to make a fire with a fire plow; to make a net with a net needle spool
sigisigi mai (adu, ange)
say bad things about one to one’s face
bookmarksii bido lua
vomiting and having diarrhea at the same time (’flowing from both ends’)
bookmarksisi gaadinga
adjective to cut copra
bookmarktangada maagaga
industrious person
bookmarktegi
adjective around (sexually); tickled (esp. sexually)
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Drummond, E., G. Anderson, J. Rudolph, M. Henry, K. Erwin & K. D. Harrison. 2016.
Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
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