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ahee oo dagodo
how are you
bookmarkahulu
noun fish sp.: goat fish (=madulilau sisisi)
bookmarkalualumia
verb
sendaway
baasanga
noun manner of speaking, idiolect, dialect
bookmarkbaasi e haa o de langi
the four quadrants of the sky
bookmarkbaaua
noun fish sp., rabbitfish
bookmarkbasa gauligi
adjective to imitate a child’s manner of talking; babytalk
bookmarkbiigi haahine
noun sow
bookmarkbili makaga
love
bookmarkboo gi de gai
continually wanting to eat
bookmarkdaa de gaehala
to swing a jump rope made of gaehala
bookmarkdaalonga
noun a wound on the body
bookmarkdama hodooligi
noun
children of the chief
dangada de henua
noun natives of nukuoro
bookmarkdao tili
noun a spear or harpoon to which a line is attached
bookmarkdau hoohanga
verb the season during which birds lay eggs
bookmarkdaumaha hagadaahao
noun social activities which are held in the church under church auspices
bookmarkde hua nei
this size
bookmarkdee kasi
perhaps
bookmarkdehui
noun
tens of coconuts
denei naa ()
this will be it. (will this be it)
bookmarkdige de belubelu
a circuit made by a school of belubelu
bookmarkdiinei mai
make smaller; decrease
bookmarkdilidili-dogi
noun birdsp.: polynesiantattler (heteroscelus brevipes)
bookmarkdinae o de laa
ballooning of a sail
bookmarkdoa agalala
very big giant
bookmarkgaha dea
adjective having almost ripe coconuts (whose husk fibers are white)
bookmarkgauasa
noun the pectoral fin of a fish and the surrounding flesh
bookmarkgauligi iho
next younger than
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gelu haiusu
unicorn fish
bookmarkgieuli
noun lizardsp.
bookmarkgiivia
verb to have something in one’s eye
bookmarkgumedi
noun bowl (wooden)
bookmarkhada
shelf, platform, raft, floor (of planks); car: a clam nursery, men’s house
bookmarkhagaau gee
bashful, shy (timid about attendingsocial affairs), timid
bookmarkhagaava ange
lean on someone for support
bookmarkhagaduu ngae
adjective earnestly; to the limits of one’s capacity; struggle (e.g., to complete work)
bookmarkhagaeidu
verb treat as an eidu
bookmarkhagagili
verb cause to have skin disease
bookmarkhagaholi
verb begin to form (something)
bookmarkhagasaangia
verb to encounter good (or bad) fortune
bookmarkhagasii lolo
noun wheel
bookmarkhagatau
verb arrange (in order), a program; name one after another; refuse to do one’s part because of someone else’s actions
bookmarkhai de hagamaanadu
remembrance, observance of (e.g., a holiday)
bookmarkhai duu
verb to carry a baby about
bookmarkhai lodo
resentful
bookmarkhala dudu
noun a noise like that of burning pandanus(loud crackling)
bookmarkhale de henua
noun a house of indigenous construction (thatch)
bookmarkhebuihagi
verb provide an abundance of bait to keep fish in close
bookmarkhhali gee
scoop out
bookmarkhhali lo te laagau
a depression in a log (an abnormal growth)
bookmarkhiehie
noun a type of prepared food (made from breadfruit)
bookmarkhuaahenua
noun community
bookmarkhuadia
noun fishingpole
bookmarkhusi
taro bag, swamp
bookmarkiloo me
charlatanism
bookmarklalo de langi
beyond the horizon, far away from theatoll
bookmarklanga de gauanga
to lift up the leg of an opponent in wrestling
llena
verb stretch; raise one’s eyebrows
bookmarklodo llidi
a well-dressed man (always wanting to llidi)
bookmarklongo iho
adjective be aware of, experience, perceive, feel (in one’s mind or body)
bookmarklua lodo
adjective undecided
bookmarkmaadau dagi
noun a type of fishhook
bookmarkmaalie ange
a little later
bookmarkmadamataia
verb inclined to be (or easily) mataia
bookmarkmagi nngahu
adjective asthma
bookmarkmagona
adjective extraordinary,outstanding,unusual
bookmarkmaimai ange
to have been dulled (from having been struck on a hard object)
bookmarkmalinolino
verb <= malimalino>
bookmarkmmahi
adjective strong, strength, force, power,energy
bookmarkmmanu
verb do (something)
bookmarkmoana dabeo
verb rough seas
bookmarkmoele
a lie
bookmarkmulu gudu
verb grab while pulling; destroy by falling on or through; break through any obstacles in one’s path
bookmarkngaue
adjective move (oneself), moved
bookmarkodea
noon, midday
bookmarkomaau
pronoun our (dual, exclusive; for plural, inalienable noun)
bookmarkpaa iho
explode from above
bookmarkpono iho
adjective put a cover on
bookmarksaabai moni doo
carry a canoe (over the reef at low tide)
bookmarksingano
the flower of a pandanus tree
bookmarksisi
mollusk, sp. Neritidae
bookmarkuludino
shed skin (as reptiles do)
bookmarkvai nui
coconut water from a mature brown coconut
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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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