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anengenenge
noun mollusk sp.: conus chaldaeus
bookmarkangi
verb blow gently (of wind); a disturbance (of the water)
bookmarkbadai gee
extremely meddlesome
bookmarkbane
noun the flat top of the shark’s snout
bookmarkbili i de lodo
unforgotten
bookmarkboibala
adjective watery (of prepared food)
bookmarkboo mai ange laa
the second night following
bookmarkdaahili lo te gohu
a popular (secular) song
bookmarkdaalinga
noun an area near the flowering part of a coconut tree (where birds perch)
bookmarkdaemahalia
verb heavy, oppressive, hard to take
bookmarkdagalia
verb trampled down (from people walking on); thoroughfare
bookmarkdagoobala
verb fall on something and smash it
bookmarkdahuli
adjective turn back; change one’s mind
bookmarkdai hiigai
adjective hungry
bookmarkdama pala
noun
a foetus which has been aborted, ugly
de heduu o taiao
noun morningstar
bookmarkdeleulu
verb good at catching tuna
bookmarkdenaa tagodo
that is the situation...
bookmarkdogi hakolona
noun a type of adze (with a curved blade of terebra shell)
bookmarkdoha
verb to spreadout (something)
bookmarkdongi de gelegele
to peck at the sand (as do some kinds of fish when they are searching for food)
bookmarkdui manu
noun a line of flying birds
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduu taua
adjective outbreak of war
bookmarkduu-baeao
noun fishsp.: filefish
bookmarkduuduu manu
a diving plaform made from a tree stuck in a coral head
bookmarkduugunga o de henua
customs of Nukuoro atoll
bookmarkgabola
flatten out something mushy
bookmarkgaleve vii
noun fermented galeve, palmtoddy
bookmarkgavada
noun
a type of basket
gide eidu ina
to see a vision, hallucinate
bookmarkgieuli
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgoa
noun termite
bookmarkgoloa hai hegau
noun tools (for work)
bookmarkgugu ange
able to look after others; able towithstand
bookmarkhadi aho
adjective
hagabigo de ngago
fool (someone), deceive
bookmarkhagadubu mangoo
noun the name of a certain type of string figure
bookmarkhagahaibodu
verb wedding; perform a wedding
bookmarkhagamaumau
verb study, attempt to memorize
bookmarkhagangadimee
adjective mean; inconsiderate
bookmarkhagasaalunga de lungi
a member of the Christian Endeavor Society
bookmarkhagaseenga
noun way of just being able to
bookmarkhagasehua
verb to make a total of 1000 coconuts
bookmarkhai hagadubu
adjective to fashion a string figure
bookmarkhano ahe
echo
bookmarkhidi
verb
to topple over
hili gee
sortout from; setaside (be chosen from a group)
bookmarkhina
noun ability,capacity (of person),resourcefulness
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkhuaamee daahaa
huaamee mugamuga
kano de langi
noun a blue and cloudless sky
bookmarklimamalie
good at massaging
bookmarkllao
verb gouge out (with the hand only); take out of a hole
bookmarklodo gapua
noun seaward part of a gapua
bookmarklongo iho
adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)
bookmarkmaaguluaa
adjective dislocated (joint of the body)
bookmarkmada dotodo
verb an abrasion of the skin (red but not bleeding)
bookmarkmadaangahulu-ma-dahi-malama
time noun november (’eleventh month’)
bookmarkmahana
adjective hot (weather)
bookmarkmaleasa
noun fishsp. : tang (a kind of igauli)
bookmarkmasalia
verb empty of water
bookmarkmasana
verb good (quality)
bookmarkmasaova laohie o de ngadau
noun dry season
bookmarkme gu modu
decision
bookmarkme hagasaga
noun a toy (made from a dried breadfruit leaf or a disk of coconut shell) which slides when thrown
bookmarkmilo
noun plantsp.: treesp.: milotree (the spesiapopulnea sol. ex correa)
bookmarkmmadu
noun fishsp.: mojarrafish (= small sugimanga)
bookmarkmoolau lodo
noun having a shorttemper
bookmarkmuga
verb used (or done, heard, or known) over and over until bored with
bookmarknaa huu
when,if
bookmarknagonago
verb the sound of sloshing water (or of sexual intercourse)
bookmarkngaangaa
verb not sturdy, rickety
bookmarkngudu gaiaa
charlatan
bookmarksagisagili
verb to say dirty words to someone
bookmarksali loimada
adjective to tear1 (in the eyes because, e.g., of smoke)
bookmarksao gainga
adjective sweep or cleanup trash
bookmarkse galubu
very fast
bookmarksigi de hagahala
a technique of finishing a mat edge
bookmarksigo ina uavesi
don’t forget
bookmarksugimada
the outer corner of the eye
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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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