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aahee naa
then what (distant future)
bookmarkahi tugi
noun ignite a fire by making sparks with a stone
bookmarkalaa ai huu
those there only then
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkaloha ina
helpful toward
bookmarkanga iho
noun self-awareness
bookmarkbaalasi ange
compete hard against (as in team sports)
bookmarkbaani
adjective lie down
bookmarkbe...be
either...or
bookmarkbugolo
noun coral sp.: faviid coral
bookmarkdaalea
adjective
tired
dada de uila
an electrical storm
bookmarkdaga
verb go from one place to another in a group
bookmarkdagua-loa
noun fishsp.: tuna sp.
bookmarkdala-moana
noun birdsp.: tern (a vagrant sp., rarely seen)
bookmarkdalia
noun plantsp.
bookmarkdangada de henua
noun natives of nukuoro
bookmarkdaudonu
adjective if, in the case that; gentle, mild-mannered, soft-spoken
bookmarkdaula luu hadu
noun testicle cords
bookmarkdelaa ai laa
that there was it
bookmarkdenaa ange
this there is another one
bookmarkdoo ade
dulagi daudahi
adjective alike (in appearance)
bookmarkduu bale
verb not quite vertical
bookmarkduudae nguu
noun the inky excretion of the squid
bookmarkee laa
so
bookmarkga dae ai
until
bookmarkgaalau-ango
noun plantsp.: tumeric plant (curcuma sp.)
bookmarkgeao
noun plantsp.: plant-shrub sp.(sida fallax walp.)
bookmarkgohugohu
adjective becoming very dark (decreasing in natural light)
bookmarkhaadodo
noun the connecting pegs of the outrigger float
bookmarkhadu alo
noun the bottom portion of a fish
bookmarkhagabaagava
verb to threaten violence
bookmarkhagadege
verb cause to wiggle the hips once
bookmarkhagadinana
verb to treat as dinana
bookmarkhagadumanu
verb cause to look like
bookmarkhai daadaa
adjective the relationship between siblings
bookmarkhai daahili
verb to compose songs
bookmarkhaiava
noun road, pathway (for going), track; oceanliner
bookmarkhanu age
regain
bookmarkhihi mata
noun eyelash
bookmarkhuaalavao
verb a strong wind
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hudaa lolo
noun flood-like waves on the reef; tidal wave
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huuhuna
adjective
hide
kii ange
verb increase
bookmarklabu ssenga
adjective to run into trouble (owing to one’s misdeeds)
bookmarklahhie
noun firewood
bookmarklangi maadolu
noun heavy rain
bookmarklau kena
noun leaves (or hair) that have lost their natural healthy color
bookmarklele tua
adjective to pull a back muscle (or pinch a nerve) and thus collapse
bookmarklodo basa
adjective talkative
bookmarklodo danuaa
adjective contented,happy
bookmarkluuluu haha
gargle, wash one’s mouth out
bookmarkmada nnui
adjective having big holes (or entrances, etc.)
bookmarkmadaangahulu maa siva
number nineteen
bookmarkmadania
noun finger
bookmarkmaidigi
noun august
bookmarkmalemalemo
adjective
maluilui
adjective turned this way and that way, turned over and over
bookmarkmanu ea
noun coralhead (at or broaching the surface of the water)
bookmarkmasimasi
noun dolphin
bookmarkmoso
noun birdsp.: starling (apolonis opacus)
bookmarkmuli madangi
verb sailing downwind
bookmarkngudu leelee
verb talkative,loquacious
bookmarkngudula
noun fishsp.: snapper
bookmarknoa
verb tied (as with rope)
bookmarknoho mua
adjective overloaded in front (of a canoe)
bookmarkodo
verb thatch
bookmarkpilo bopobo
adjective musty smell
bookmarksalu
verb scrape (something), plane (something), scrape off (with an object), peel (with a knife toward one)
bookmarkseedaa
noun october
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tinana o dogu dinana
noun maternal grandmother
bookmarktogo dahi
first
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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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