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aagonga i lalo
noun social class of those who know magic
bookmarkaalali
noun a type of coral which grows on the lagoon bottom
bookmarkaau
verb remove
bookmarkadilo
noun the core of a body boil; the beginning of a fire
bookmarkadu-balebale-i-dua
noun fishsp.: bonito
bookmarkalohi
noun anything forming a semi-circle
bookmarkaovaa
noun hour
bookmarkbaa i de madangi
be hit (usually forcefully) by wind
bookmarkbala
adjective soft, mushy, offering no resistance
bookmarkdaane dau
noun a person of importance (speciallyaccomplished)
bookmarkdahadaha
verb an embankment around a taro plot
bookmarkdama daane
adjective boy, young man
bookmarkdamana
noun father (formal)
bookmarkdangada haigamaiana
noun worthwhile person
bookmarkdaubulebule
adjective spotted (covered with spots)
bookmarkdee masae de leo
lose one’s voice (from straining one’s vocal cords)
bookmarkdee tala mai!
don’t tell me
bookmarkdena
that
bookmarkdolu llau
number three hundred
bookmarkdua lele
noun to throw one’s back out of joint
bookmarkduu hagasabasaba
adjective to stand in a place from which one is liable to fall
bookmarkduuli lua
verb a method of throwing one’s opponent inwrestling
bookmarke hanu ana dama
have children
bookmarkgabola
verb flatten out something mushy
bookmarkgalo sugi mada
glimpse
bookmarkgaugau dalinga
noun exterior of the ear; a loop-like handle
bookmarkgauvae
noun jaw; a set of false teeth
bookmarkgeevee
noun birdsp.: easternwhimbrel(numenius phaeopus)
bookmarkgelegele uli
verb
black soil
goe iloo
it’s up to you
bookmarkgoinga o tai
noun high-watermark
bookmarkgoobai lau
noun a hat made from pandanus leaves
bookmarkhagaaligi
verb install as a priest (of a cult)
bookmarkhagadagasala
verb blame (someone), accuse
bookmarkhagadamana
verb treat someone as a father or other senior male relative
bookmarkhagaditidi
verb to skip a stone across the water
bookmarkhagahaangoda
verb to teach to fish
bookmarkhagalloba ange
to slacken the boom sheet (of a sailing canoe)
bookmarkhagamalibi
verb rush,speed up
bookmarkhagammae manava
verb tease cruelly
bookmarkhagammau de ngudu
argumentative in a disrepectful way
bookmarkhai me a gimoo
to act insincerely
bookmarkhai mee
industrious
bookmarkhaiva dee agona
sexual activity,
hano laa
previous
bookmarkhaonga i ode
noun urethra
bookmarkhevaalogi
the screaming of many people at the same time
bookmarkhoosenga
adjective shy,embarrassed,bashful
bookmarkiai
adjective be (present),have,there is...
bookmarkkii
adjective win,overcome
bookmarklebidi
noun birdsp.: whitetern
bookmarklegalega
noun smallness
bookmarkllava ai
wrapped (tied) around; eat fish ormeat with a meal
bookmarklo te hebagi
during the war
bookmarkloolodo
noun deep holes in the lagoon reef
bookmarklou aama
adjective the submerging of the outrigger float
bookmarklou gulu
adjective pick breadfruit
bookmarklua llau
number two hundred
bookmarkmadamada a me
noun a miscellaneous assortment
bookmarkmagi dabeo
verb menstruation
bookmarkmagiaa
adjective envious, jealous (non-sexual jealousy)
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
bookmarkmagini
adjective 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
bookmarkmai ange laa
the next (one) following the one in question
bookmarkmalo aahine
noun dress
bookmarkmanu solo laagau
a file (for filing metal)
bookmarkme bouli
the deepest part of the lagoon
bookmarkme hagasili
noun a plant which is allowed to grow extra large (for some reason)
bookmarkmodomodo mada gii
the stage of development of the coconutbetween modomodo and gaadinga gaha de a
bookmarkmuna de henua
noun the nukuoro language
bookmarknebunebua
verb be nebunebu
bookmarkngadoa
verb to have ngado
bookmarkngalue de gauvae
dislocated jaw
bookmarknngao
verb loud (sound)
bookmarknoho maadai
adjective sit quietly
bookmarknoomeemea
verb a wave of sufficient force to wash overnormally dry land; tidalwave
bookmarksali dodo
adjective bleed
bookmarksau aloalo
verb echo
bookmarkse goo
adept at
bookmarkseaamonga
noun a unit of (twenty) coconuts for makinghuaahuu
bookmarksee
adjective
barely, just barely
sii valavala
spray
bookmarksiili
a stick used in a children’s game
bookmarksobo de laa
rising of the sun
bookmarkssaga bau
ssogo
grated raw taro which has dried out
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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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