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aalo dahi
verb do at one time
bookmarkabaabai
verb carry a canoe in shallow water; carry half lifting
bookmarkabasasa
noun European
bookmarkalaala
adjective sleep fitfully
bookmarkaladi
verb initiate, begin
bookmarkaloalo me
noun the current nearest to the (seaward) outer reef of the atoll
bookmarkao
verb daylight
bookmarkau ga sano
I give up
bookmarkau madua
verb a type of ocean current far from land in which drifting objects collect
bookmarkbaabaa gadea
verb to steer a canoe to the side away from its outrigger (opp. of baabaa ama)
bookmarkbaageaa ange
attracted to
bookmarkbaalasi mai (adu)
shine a flashlight toward me (you)
bookmarkbuubuu a lada
a type of puzzle
bookmarkdaahaa mada giigii
the stage of development of the coconut between daahaa mada makaga and modomodo
bookmarkdabanimeeli
adjective payment for medical treatment
bookmarkdabuna
noun part of the female genetalia
bookmarkdada me
adjective to obtain taro (by pulling up the tubers)
bookmarkdada saele
adjective always being borrowed
bookmarkdaedaea
adjective have reached many places
bookmarkdai deeai
almost none
bookmarkdala
adjective
tame
dalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdalaa ubu
noun charcoal from the coconut shell
bookmarkdanu bela
adjective spade in organic matter (to enrichtaro plantings)
bookmarkdanu de bela
spade up taro plots, adding mulch
bookmarkdao
noun spear, branch of
bookmarkdao tili
noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached
bookmarkdibaa dodo
verb a clot of blood
bookmarkdohe
noun mollusksp: a bivalve sp.
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gaadinga osi
noun a coconut selected as a seedling
bookmarkgada-laagau-ngauda
noun fishsp.: rudderfish
bookmarkgai salusalu
verb prepare food wastefully (too much must be thrown away)
bookmarkgano niho
gums of mouth
bookmarkgasigasia
verb rubbed against,scratched
bookmarkgauligi ange
younger than
bookmarkgelemea
noun a by-product of the tumeric-making process
bookmarkgohu boo dangodango
a pitch-black night
bookmarkgoloa haangoda
noun fishinggear
bookmarkgubenga
verb a large net for fishing
bookmarkhadi modu
adjective sheer drop-off (as at the edge of a cliff)
bookmarkhagaahiahi
adjective wait until nearly sunset (to do something)
bookmarkhagaaloalo-mea
verb cause to become red(of fully mature coconut meat)
bookmarkhagadeai
verb cause to become non-existent
bookmarkhagadege
verb cause to wiggle the hips once
bookmarkhagahula
the sac in a fish which emerges from its mouth when it is brought up from a great depth
bookmarkhagamadagu
verb scare (someone); frighten (someone)
bookmarkhagamalangilangi
verb please1 (someone), cheer up (someone); cheerful by nature, joyous
bookmarkhagamanomano
verb make many thousands
bookmarkhagaodea
verb the time at which it is midday
bookmarkhagasaele age
adjective make up one’s mind; lift up (in a steady motion)
bookmarkhagauda i tege
carry a basket, etc., on one’s hip
bookmarkhai me daahea
search for driftwood or other beachedobjects
bookmarkhale hagao me
store
bookmarkhale magi
noun hospital,dispensary
bookmarkhalehale gaiaa
adjective cloying insincere humility
bookmarkhano gi bouli gee
to transfigure oneself
bookmarkhenuu
noun placenta
bookmarkhhanga dalogo
adjective to make dalogo
bookmarkhine duuhua
noun unmarried girl
bookmarkhua ligi
adjective having small fruit or nuts (of trees)
bookmarkkangi de maanadu
a quick-witted person (who realizes his goals fast)
bookmarkkave houhou
verb race to take
bookmarklaagau-doi
noun a driftwood sp., from the sap of which (doi) perfume is made
bookmarklaaladi
verb to scratch (an itch)
bookmarklaangihagamouli
time noun saturday (the day on which food isprepared for sunday)
bookmarkllie
noun the throat of the flying fish net
bookmarkluu duu de maduu
social strata (two) of traditional Nukuoro society
bookmarkmadavaivai
noun a type of knot used in net-making
bookmarkmahole
adjective peeled (a great amount having been taken off)
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmalau age
free of hardship (after having had it)
bookmarkmalemale
noun areola of the breast; a boil on the body
bookmarkmassagalala
noun burned (food)
bookmarkme abasasa
noun european things (gear, etc.)
bookmarkme maaguluaa
noun dislocated joint (of the body)
bookmarkmmala
adjective bitter, sour; unlucky
bookmarkmmao
adjective far,distant
bookmarkmomo loo huu
just a very little
bookmarkmoni sulu
submarine
bookmarkmoolau huu
punctual
bookmarkmua mai (adu, ange)
adjective next to me (you, him)
bookmarkmuna hhadu
noun lie (falsehood)
bookmarknuinui
noun a sp. of driftwood (resembling aha-bagua), the core of which is used for the hoop of the flying fish net
bookmarkouou
adjective Yes! Yes!
bookmarkpada
adjective be coarse in texture, grain, weave, etc.
bookmarksai
noun group of (e.g., agu sai ’my children’)
bookmarksii mada daahaa
a fine jet of water
bookmarksobaga
fish sp. tang
bookmarksoosobo
adjective
get up
unusaagi
deception
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Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
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