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aboo nei
tonight (future)
bookmarkaigimea
noun plant sp.: wedelia creeper (wedelia biflora (l.) dc.)
bookmarkalaa naa
those only
bookmarkalelo-hatuli
noun mollusk sp.: pearly nautilus shell
bookmarkbaasi lua
having two useful sides
bookmarkbadotodi
verb move jerkily
bookmarkbalu daaea
noun fish sp.
bookmarkbangulu
noun a part of a traditional loom
bookmarkbaoa
verb wash up on shore
bookmarkbasa hagasengasenga
adjective speak in riddles or aphoristically or in parables
bookmarkbasaa
verb be talked into
bookmarkbooi
noun a type of prepared food (made from mashed taro and coconut juice)
bookmarkbunehulu
adjective slow in running or walking
bookmarkbunua
noun a young bird (of any sp. suitable for being raised as a pet)
bookmarkbuubuua
verb to divine (for omens)
bookmarkdaamadaa-sele
noun insectsp.: waterbug
bookmarkdagu made
perhaps,maybe
bookmarkdahola
verb a method of fishing (night fishing on the reef with torches)
bookmarkdai bigi
adjective almost (finished or done, etc.); justabout
bookmarkdalaa
noun (small) piece of, part of
bookmarkdali
noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi
bookmarkdama donu
noun a natural child
bookmarkdamaa dae
adjective skillful at catching flying fish
bookmarkdamadaa
verb to have started it; to have begun it
bookmarkdanuaa mai i hee
good according to whom
bookmarkdau (umu)
noun a cover for an earth oven
bookmarkdaumaha daamada
noun the morning prayer service (before the major church service)
bookmarkdee ni dago
never mind
bookmarkdiihagaai
noun the eighth child of a couple
bookmarkdoe
adjective leftover, remain
bookmarkduu molomolo
adjective visible clearly
bookmarkduudae maadau
noun <= duudae baa, q.v.>
bookmarkea age
stop swimming (and come up on land)
bookmarkege
verb raise up (so that higher)
bookmarkgaaui i tao
a line (for retrieving) which is attached to a spear
bookmarkgage saali
verb to climb a breadfruit tree using saali
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgai de baibu
smoke cigarettes
bookmarkgai de henua
native food (not imported)
bookmarkgai hagalongolongo
verb eat sparingly (to save some for others)
bookmarkgai lima lua
eat greedily (with both hands)
bookmarkgalogalo malama
noun the last quarter of the moon (rising inthe east just before sunrise)
bookmarkgalu
noun viscous sputum
bookmarkgamedi vai salo
a type of bowl
bookmarkgau
noun people (as a collective, e.g. the Nukuoro people)
bookmarkgauligi mai ange
the one next younger still
bookmarkgoloa hebagi
noun arms (tools of war)
bookmarkhagaaduadu dangada
adjective critical of others
bookmarkhagadaudoo
adjective compete to see who is stronger
bookmarkhagadoodoo denga muna
boast foolishly about one’s ability (when it is obvious that one is inept)
bookmarkhagahoohanga
verb allow birds to nest, or prepare a placefor their nesting
bookmarkhagamalamalama
verb shine
bookmarkhagammuni
verb hide (something) from
bookmarkhagammuni iho
adjective keep to oneself (what one has done)
bookmarkhagapale
verb teach to steer, allow to steer, lean against
bookmarkhagassege i hegau
verb proscrastinate (about work); refuse to participate in work
bookmarkhagaui gee
avoid
bookmarkhai soa
friendship
bookmarkhakauanga
noun a handle of something
bookmarkhanngoda dua agau
fishing beyond the reef (on the seaward side of the atoll).
bookmarkhhao tuula
adjective to sail so as to fill one’s sails with wind (sailing crosswind)
bookmarkhoda
verb carve out, drill out; eat out the insides of (as does a rat)
bookmarkhoo senga
adjective shy (especially in the presence of members of the opposite sex), shamed
bookmarkhulei
verb to have done the act of hhule
bookmarkhulo gee
go away
ilihia ssave
the submerging of flying fish below the surface of the water (making them difficult to net)
bookmarkkii
verb move away
bookmarklauvinivini
verb having kinky hair
bookmarklavasi
noun a leader (between the hook and the fishing line)
bookmarkloua ama
verb to sail with the outrigger float partially submerged
bookmarklua-laangi
time noun tuesday (’second day’)
bookmarkluei
verb spit out (esp. food)
bookmarkmaagaga dua
to walk with one’s shoulders unnaturally thrown back
bookmarkmaanadu iho
adjective think about oneself
bookmarkmadea
verb identify,recognize
bookmarkmanamanava
adjective <= manavanava>
bookmarkmanu-a-luga
noun insectsp.: fruitfly
bookmarkmanu-a-madaligi
noun birdsp.: short-tailedshearwater(puffinus tenuirostris)
bookmarkmaua laa
nevermind
bookmarkme aha ai
what for
bookmarkmoni galele
a canoe rigged for galele fishing
bookmarkngaage nei
gilbertislands
bookmarkniho vainu
milk teeth, deciduous teeth
bookmarknoho baba
live peacefully
bookmarkogu
pronoun my (for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpula luu mada
excited with joy
bookmarksabanaana
verb a phosphorescent flash in the water
bookmarkse me pilo aha
don’t bother
bookmarkseesee hagadibabida
waddle
bookmarksileia doo soa
look, your neighbor is competing against you
bookmarkuli
adjective dark (in color), blackened; covered with (people, flies, etc.)
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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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