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ahee oo dagodo
how are you
bookmarkahu
noun islet
bookmarkaladoidoi
noun iron (a piece of)
bookmarkbaagia
verb move sideways while moving forward (as a canoe slipping in the water); slap
bookmarkbalu
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangabanga
adjective skinny, shrunken
bookmarkbao
noun room, compartment
bookmarkbaoa age
wash up on shore and beach thereon
bookmarkboi malangilangi
adjective laugh abnormally
bookmarkbolili
noun a type of prepared food
bookmarkbolo iho
adjective to make oneself the beneficiary of a will which one has made for another
bookmarkbongabonga
adjective bent up
bookmarkbulaga
noun plant sp.: swamp taro (cyrtosperma chamissonis)
bookmarkdaagami
noun bodyguard, soldier
bookmarkdaaligidia
verb to have been moved about by the wind
bookmarkdahuli de lodo
change of heart, change one’s mind, repent
bookmarkdama pala
noun
a foetus which has been aborted, ugly
dangi a beini
to have smelled ripe pandanus
bookmarkdao beau
noun the wave following the highest one
bookmarkdee beaha
all rightit’s nothing
bookmarkdele de gada
smile
bookmarkdiinei de madangi
a decrease of wind velocity
bookmarkdoadoa
verb the sound made to attract chickens
bookmarkdoopeva
noun trick, prank
bookmarkgahoo
verb wear
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgamagama
noun seaweedsp.
bookmarkgano niho
gums of mouth
bookmarkgoloa lalo
noun gear obtained from foreign lands
bookmarkgoonanga
noun a record set by an individual (or team)
bookmarkhaa daha
verb the outer coconut palm frond
bookmarkhaangoda dua agau
noun fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll)
bookmarkhadu-uaua
noun mollusksp.: spondylus sp.
bookmarkhadugolaa
any stone of volcanic origin [imported from volcanic islands].
bookmarkhaduhadua
verb rocky (full of stones)
bookmarkhagabasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkhagadaemaha
verb put weight on, make unhappy
bookmarkhagaditidi mai de moni
a canoe going so fast it rides high in water (and is planing)
bookmarkhagadogoisi
verb reduce in number, make fewer
bookmarkhagamalibi
verb rush,speed up
bookmarkhai damana
adjective the relationship between father (or other male elder) and child (or one treated as child)
bookmarkhai galauna
adjective fish with the galauna net
bookmarkhai maa
relationship of spouse’s sibling to sibling’s spouse
bookmarkhai me a gauligi
a childish act
bookmarkhai sogosogo
adjective masturbate oneself
bookmarkholi
adjective shape of,form of
bookmarkholi ange
resemble
bookmarkhuaahenua
community
bookmarkhuaalaangi
noun noon; the whole day; a certain day only
bookmarkise-ngaio
needlefish
bookmarkivi a duimogo
pelvic bone
bookmarkivi-a-duimogo
noun pelvicbone
bookmarkkaa
adjective a type of sound, made to attract birds
bookmarklaa tua
besides
bookmarklalo ade
solar plexus (considered the seat of feeling)
bookmarklangolangona
adjective repeatedly heard or felt
bookmarklodo senga
adjective to have unrealistic self-confidence (e.g., in one’s capacity to do something impossible); to be foolishly desirous (of the impossible)
bookmarkmaadau dae ssae
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaadau hholu
noun a fishhook made of wire
bookmarkmada legalega
verb a small hole;having small openings
bookmarkmada-galisi
verb the stem of the coconut
bookmarkmadalua maa lua
number twenty two
bookmarkmagi i de makama
menstruation
bookmarkmagi i de malama
menstruation
bookmarkmanini
noun fishsp.: convicttang
bookmarkmasavaa de gauligi
childhood
bookmarkmassaganga
verb to be very dry
bookmarkmau me
adjective successful in obtaining what one wants(things)
bookmarkmoemoe
adjective becoming more moe2
bookmarkmoso
noun birdsp.: starling (apolonis opacus)
bookmarkmou
noun
agegrade (those reaching adolescencewithin a few years of each other);a mnemonic chant enumerating the names of the islets, flora, fauna, chief priests, etc.;
moumou
verb wasteful,waste (something)
bookmarknengenenge
ngongo
noun black bird species (eats fish)
bookmarknoa
verb tied (as with rope)
bookmarkodo
verb thatch
bookmarkoho
verb to do something, or go somewhere, early in the morning
bookmarkolaa
adjective a sound expressing surprise or disapproval
bookmarkpasalia
verb be talked about (many persons or things)
bookmarkpuli
verb grab up all at once
bookmarksaalingaa nui
noun the rainwater which flows down a bent coconut tree (collected for drinking)
bookmarksaniba
silversides
bookmarktee langi
noun sky
bookmarkugu
rub (with pressure, as with sandpaper); the skin of the stingray used for sanding
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Nukuoro Talking Dictionary.
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