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aau ai naa
more so
bookmarkaausa ina
a sea condition resembling that resulting from a ship leaving a wake
bookmarkalaa naa loo
those there seem to be
bookmarkalo maliae
noun coconut meat (fully mature) of good quality for eating
bookmarkanaa huu
those only are the ones
bookmarkbee
noun flatus, the sound of flatulence
bookmarkbese
noun one of the harmony parts in old chants
bookmarkbige
noun a strip of land extending into the sea or a swamp
bookmarkboialiali
noun the light just before daybreak
bookmarkboo dolu de gulu
the third day after breadfruit has been picked (after which it is not good to eat)
bookmarkbuu useahi
verb blurred
bookmarkdaa
noun a bunch
bookmarkdaedae
verb to catch continuously with a hand net
bookmarkdagi gee
lead away from
bookmarkdagua-loa
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdamana
noun father, uncle, senior male relative, male elder, person in a fatherly relationship
bookmarkdangada gai dangada
cannibal
bookmarkdao
noun spear, branch of
bookmarkdao dahuuhuu
noun ridgepole (lower)
bookmarkdaonga
noun feast
bookmarkdau age de inai
be in the lee of the atoll while fishing (i.e., in a place protected from the wind)
bookmarkdeganoe
noun a part of the female genitalia
bookmarkdemee hagaangiangi
fan
bookmarkdogi hulihuli
noun <= sauligi>
bookmarkdoopeva
verb trick, prank
bookmarkeba
a sleeping mat (child’s)
bookmarkgaa de malala
there is sufficient ; an argumentative and stubborn person; argumentative
bookmarkgaadinga hagaangiangi
noun copra dried in the wind (not in the sunor in an oven)
bookmarkgabaea
verb to hang oneself (suicide)
bookmarkgabinivali
a kind of ancient song
bookmarkgadunga
noun fire-plow
bookmarkgai ngaadahi
adjective a distribution of fish to the whole island population
bookmarkgali
verb wound around; tied or fastenedtightly
bookmarkgammenge-olomanga
noun mollusksp.: thais armigera
bookmarkgau
noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)
bookmarkgaveaa
verb
taken;
gelu-uliuli
noun fishsp.: tang
bookmarkhaalala
verb stand leaning
bookmarkhagaaduisiisi
verb to treat someone as a first husband or wife
bookmarkhagaagahi sseeloo
adjective to call out "sail ho"
bookmarkhagaalo-malie
verb cause to become alomalie
bookmarkhagabuulunga
verb accuse (someone) of having had sexual relations with someone else
bookmarkhagadaane
verb to act like a human
bookmarkhagadaguu
noun a small axe, hatchet
bookmarkhagadaina
verb to put (someone) into a sibling or cousin relationship (as by an adoption)
bookmarkhagagubenga
verb to teach someone to use a gubenga
bookmarkhagasegelia
verb let slip or slide
bookmarkhagausi
darkening of the sky or clouds (a sign of impending rain)
bookmarkhahine
noun woman
bookmarkhakii adu
get out
bookmarkhano de mama
escaping fumes (from a poorly sealedcontainer)
bookmarkhanuhanu
adjective few; gaining in
bookmarkhatuli
verb thunder
bookmarkhhango
verb wakeup (someone)
bookmarkkaa
adjective a type of sound, made to attract birds
bookmarkkano siabo
noun the meat on the side of the fish’s head
bookmarklagi
noun pertaining to the open sea
bookmarklailai
noun fishsp. (= lae)
bookmarklavasi
noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)
bookmarkmaadai
noun a cult official (who looked after the cult-house)
bookmarkmaadau daodao
noun a type of fishhook (large, for using a piece of fish as bait)
bookmarkmada hoou
adjective brand new
bookmarkmadamada o dangada
noun in public
bookmarkmahumahu
adjective becoming mahu
bookmarkmai
verb arrive
bookmarkmaido
noun fishsp.
bookmarkmanga lua tae
noun cleft in the buttocks
bookmarkmanu-kono
noun
pigeon
masulu de maasina
"a person has died."
bookmarkmataia
soreness of the eyes after a fishing expedition (from the glare of the sun)
bookmarkmele
verb to use a word or expressionidiosyncratically in speech
bookmarkmolimoli i tuu gaha
to express coconut oil out of the residue (oda) from which some oil has already been expressed
bookmarkmoni hagadeledele
noun model (or toy) canoe
bookmarkmuli lele
the rear tip of the turtle shell
bookmarknao gasi
verb eat messily (by poking at all of thefood instead of touching only the portion to be eaten)
bookmarkngaage
downtown.
bookmarkngago
brain; egg
bookmarkpai
verb a type of cloud formation like babaiangi
bookmarksaiolo duli magaga
noun a type of string figure
bookmarksiili
noun a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksingano
verb the flower of the pandanus tree
bookmarksiva llau
number nine hundred
bookmarksou
verb a gust of wind
bookmarkssea
noun chair
bookmarksuisui
become wet
bookmarkvilidogi
catterbox, a person who speaks fast
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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.
http://www.talkingdictionary.org/nukuoro
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