Nukuoro English

noun drum

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 4

noun one’s first spouse

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 6

noun evening

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

pronoun their (for plural, alienable noun)

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun dead body

noun the light just before daybreak

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 25

noun a trip for a festive or recreational purpose

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 30

noun cat

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

ten dollar bill

noun fibers of the coconut leaf rachi

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 44

verb cry

Speaker: Mina Lekka

never

Speaker: Mina Lekka

grass skirt

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun butterfly fish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 57

cover of a box

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 71

noun breast

the grains in the trunk of wood of the coconut tree which are hard, dark, and sharp

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 82

noun basket

Example: Photo by Emily Drummond, 06/10/15

Speaker: Mina Lekka

noun wrist

self-criticism

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 104

verb provide clothes for

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 180

verb bear misshapen fruit

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 228

noun sorcery

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 236

noun canoe house

Speaker: Johnny Rudolph

noun fishing pole

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 245

feathers

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 247

noun needlefish

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 251

noun hundred dollar bill

Speaker: Mina Lekka

verb have hiccups

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective becoming leu (ripe)

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 259

a pole with a hook at the end, used to pick breadfruit; pick breadfruit; pull down

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 266

those things by you (dual)

Speaker: Ruth Rudolph

noun moon

Speaker: Kurt Erwin

yawn

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 271

miss, feel the loss of, or the uselessness of, something of great value

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 283

childhood

Speaker: Mina Lekka

adjective abraded in several places cf. masole

Speaker: Mina Lekka

walk barefoot, stroll

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 309

barracuda

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 315

a wash of waves at the prow of a canoe, when it is sailing fast

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 328

verb having white hair

Speaker: Mina Lekka

to cut copra

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 330

noun salt

Speaker: Maynard Henry

push violently

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 333

verb wash hair

Speaker: Mina Lekka

poor fellow!

Source: Vern & Soulik 1973, p. 72

noun maternal grandmother

noun vein or artery (blood vessel)

like

verb to put an infant to sleep by singing a lullaby

Speaker: Mina Lekka